I went to the Asian Civilisation Museum around 3pm today to view the Beauty of Asia Exhibits and and I wasn’t even aware that it’s International Museum Day!

What does International Museum Day mean to me? That simply means, admission is FREE – whippeee!! – for ALL museums today, worldwide! And so, I get to view all the exhibits for free when normally I would need to pay $8.

I didn’t take a lot of photos, because we were not sure if we are allowed to do so. It was very much later when we saw tourist snapping away, that we realised that well, unless it is explicitly forbidden – where there is a ‘no photo’ symbol on the exhibits themselves – we can take photos. By then it was too late, we were down to the last exhibit hall on South Asia.

Anyway, the photos are blurry because I turned off the flash feature on the camera. Somehow I didn’t see anyone taking photos with the flash on and I decided to do the same. Unfortunately that automatically turns on the ‘slow shutter’ feature on the camera, and thus, when my hands aren’t steady, the photos comes up blurry. * sigh *

But all in all, it was a worthwhile trip, even if I had paid $8 for it. However, the exhibits are a little too few, when compared to what I have seen in the Shanghai Museum. But again we really can’t expect much when these exhibits are sometimes donated, or brought in from overseas. I’m just grateful I get to see the few which are there.