page_title: Singapore City Gallery
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Singapore City Gallery / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 270 degree video panorama exhibit of a normal day in Singapore
context_page_description: Located between historic Chinatown and the Central Business District, Singapore City Gallery is a three storey visitor centre which houses an enormous model replica, giving visitors a complete view of the Central Area of Singapore. It also shows the city's physical transformation past, present and future.
  Formerly known as the URA Gallery, it was established in January 1999, and is currently still managed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development, whose role is to plan and facilitate Singapore's long term land use and physical development.
context_section_description: The gallery, which had an initial cost of 4.2 million Singapore dollars, was opened on 27 January 1999,by Lim Hng Kiang, who was National Development Minister at the time. The gallery was initially projected to attract 36,000 visitors a year over the first three years of its existence, most of whom were expected to be students or local community groups. In 2004, the gallery underwent a major renovation of 80% of its exhibits. Upon its reopening on 3 December 2004, the Gallery was renamed the Singapore City Gallery. The Gallery's key exhibit, the Central Area Model, was also expanded to include areas which were formerly not shown, such as Orchard Road, Kampong Glam, Little India, Bras Basah, and Bugis. The model was also updated to include the latest plans for Marina Bay. In 2008, the Gallery received its millionth visitor. In 2011, the gallery was redesigned again, and reopened in August of that year, to include new exhibits such as a 270-degree panorama of life in Singapore and an 8-player multimedia game on urban planning. This latest version won honours in the Singapore Design Award 2012 for both the Events/Exhibitions category and the Multidisciplinary Design category.  The Gallery now receives about 200,000 visitors annually.
caption: 270 degree video panorama "A Day in Singapore
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