Magic, antiques, your most intimate museum experience in Singapore—all in this postwar home
Easily the most intimate museum experience one can have in Singapore is a visit to The Intan, a private home in the vibrant and picture-magnet Joo Chiat area. If you’ve flown Singapore Airlines and paid attention to its safety video, you’d have caught glimpses of its beauty and old world charm—and wondered if you can pay a visit.
The place is a treasure trove of Peranakan curiosities, clothing and objets d’art collected in the last 30 or so years by Alvin Yapp who runs the museum and describes himself as “100 percent Peranakan, 100 percent Chinese, 100 percent Singaporean and 100 percent Catholic.” If you’ve heard, or even tasted Peranakan food—which is popular in Singapore—Yapp’s little two-story kingdom is another way to immerse yourself more in the Peranakan culture.
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