National Gallery Singapore Tickets: Prices and Hours

Which ticket to buy

The Gallery's visitor information page sells three tickets:

All three are valid for 180 days from purchase. The Gallery's exhibition pages describe General Admission as one-time entry, so a ticket covers a single visit within that window rather than repeat visits. Guided tours are free with a paid ticket, subject to the schedule and space.

The date of your visit decides the choice. The only special exhibition the page names is Pop after Pop, which opens on 11 December 2026. Visiting before then, General Admission covers what is on show. From 11 December, All Access at S$30 is cheaper than buying General Admission and the Special Exhibition separately (S$45), so it is the one to buy if you want both.

Concessions and free entry

A S$5 discount applies to children aged 7 to 12, seniors aged 60 and above, full-time National Servicemen (not foreign personnel), and overseas students and teachers. The discount is checked at a Visitor Services Counter, so bring your student or teacher card.

Entry is free for children aged 6 and under, persons with disabilities plus one caregiver, Singapore-based students and teachers, and Gallery Insiders members. These also need verification at a counter.

For a family of two overseas adults and one 10-year-old, General Admission comes to S$55: S$20, S$20 and S$15.

Buying and collecting tickets

Buy online through the Gallery's website; your tickets and activity list are emailed after checkout. At the Gallery, redeem them at a self-service kiosk or a Visitor Services Counter. Citizens and PRs claiming free entry need their NRIC or Singpass for identity checks.

Because tickets last 180 days, buying ahead does not lock you into a date: you can use the ticket on whichever day suits your plans or the weather.

Opening hours

The galleries are open daily, 10am–7pm. Admission and ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing, so the last entry is 6.30pm. The page lists no regular closing day.

Some building entrances stay open much later: the Coleman Street Entrance until 1am to 4am depending on the night, and the Parliament Place Entrance until midnight. Those hours are for the building, not the galleries, which still close at 7pm.

What you can see for free

The Gallery's own guide to free things to do lists the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden on Level 5, the former Supreme Court balcony and the Supreme Court Terrace on Level 4, which is occasionally closed for private events. It also lists a free exhibition on the building's history in the ArchiGallery on Level 4 of the City Hall Wing, and a free Building Highlights Tour that needs registration.

If you only have half an hour, those spaces give you a look at the building without a ticket.

Bags, lockers and rules

• Bags may be inspected for security.
• Bulky items, large bags and umbrellas must be stored in the rented lockers at Basement 1, City Hall Wing.
• No food or drink, including bottled water, in the galleries.
• Pencil sketching is allowed in sketchbooks up to 22 × 28 cm; no easels, charcoal, pastels, markers or paints.
• Strollers are allowed, or can be parked at the Keppel Centre for Art Education entrance on Level 1.

Getting there by MRT and bus

The Gallery is at 1 St Andrew's Road.

Buses 63, 51, 80, 32 and 851 stop opposite Peninsula Plaza, about 5 minutes from the Coleman Street Entrance. Buses 195 and 961 stop on Parliament Place, and 75, 100, 107, 130, 131 and 167 stop at Victoria Concert Hall, about 5 minutes from the Padang Atrium Entrance.

Pairing it with another visit

For a smaller museum with a single theme, see our comparison of the Peranakan Museum and Baba House. For an outdoor morning before the Gallery opens, the Singapore Botanic Gardens are free from 5am.