This exhibition is over.
Plastic: Remaking Our World at the National Museum of Singapore is a special exhibition charting plastic’s meteoric rise in the 20th century, its environmental impact, and cutting-edge solutions for a more sustainable way of using plastics in our society.
Featuring over 300 objects, posters, films, and photographs, including rarities from the dawn of the plastic age, objects of the pop era and contemporary designs and projects, the exhibition also includes a local narrative of Singapore’s history with plastics, featuring a blend of physical and digital displays of National Collection items as well as an interactive space.
Plastic: Remaking Our World – An exhibition in three parts
Kalpa
An immersive film installation by Asif Khan, contrasting the long-term formation of oil with the rapid generation of plastic waste
Synthetica, Petromodernity and Plasticene
Featuring global design movements and the increasing pervasiveness of the material, this section describes the development of early natural and synthetic plastics, the evolution of the material and the shifting perceptions of plastics from their beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century to their global omnipresence today.
Re-
The final section explores how we can achieve a circular plastic economy and looks to spark conversations on using plastic in a more sustainable way. The exhibition continues outside the gallery with a sorting zone, where visitors can learn about the different types of plastic, and an injection machine that repurposes waste plastic into functional household items.
Visitors can also look out for Plastics in Singapore labels and scan their QR codes for insights on objects from our National Collection.
Plastics in Our Lives Interactive Space
27 Jan – 23 Jun | 10am – 7pm | Free Admission
Step into a home full of objects right outside the exhibition! Come and explore the pervasiveness of plastics in our daily lives and learn fun facts about items that may contain plastics. Enjoy our on-site gamified experience, the Green Detective’s Challenge, and more.
Look out for our additional room and participatory installation, the Shore Debris Table by artist Ernest Goh.