ArtScience MuseumMarina Bay / Downtown Core
Into the Ocean: Journey Beneath
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A descent through six ocean zones using rare deep-sea footage and technology from OceanX's research vessel OceanXplorer, from sunlit waters to the abyss.
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The first thing you do is seal a hatch. You board a simulated submersible, the door closes and the light from the surface drops away as you descend. It is still roomier than the Downtown Line at 8:30am.
The zones then follow real depth. In the sunlit Photic Zone, Flock of by bit.studio hangs helium balloons shaped like schools of fish that react to your movement. The Twilight Zone holds Seeing Echoes in the Mind of the Whale by Marshmallow Laser Feast, built from hydrophone recordings and underwater video. In the Aphotic Zone, screens show a squat lobster, a vampire squid and an atolla jellyfish. Much of the footage comes from OceanX's research vessel OceanXplorer and has not been shown publicly before.
The last zone, Resurface, turns to seagrass, with a restoration section developed with WWF Singapore. Tickets are S$22 for tourists and S$19.50 for residents. It closes on 1 November, and the museum stays open until 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
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A descent through six ocean zones, from sunlit water to the abyss, using deep-sea footage and technology from OceanX's research vessel OceanXplorer.
Look for
The simulated submersible
You board it, the hatch seals and you descend into darkness as the show begins.
Flock of, by bit.studio
Kinetic helium balloons shaped like schools of fish, which respond to visitors' movement in the Photic Zone.
Seeing Echoes in the Mind of the Whale
Marshmallow Laser Feast turns the Twilight Zone gallery into a spatial environment from hydrophone recordings and underwater video.
Deep-sea creature screens
Multi-screen footage of a squat lobster, a vampire squid and an atolla jellyfish in the Aphotic Zone.
Invisible Ocean, by Sissel Tolaas
A smell work that translates ocean environments into scents, using ocean samples and molecular chemistry.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Out-Of-Town Guests
- Rainy Days
With kids
Described by Little Day Out as family-friendly, with interactive stations including the seagrass restoration section. No age guidance is published.
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- Fear No Power: Women Imagining OtherwiseCourtesy of National Gallery Singapore
- SINGAPORAMA by Navin RawanchaikulCourtesy of National Gallery Singapore
- ArtScience MuseumBasile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red Dot Design Museum SingaporeJudiciousGoat / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Asian Civilisations MuseumIrwan Shah Bin Abdullah, CC BY 3.0
- National Gallery SingaporeGordonMakryllos, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Children's Museum SingaporeElisa.rolle, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0