Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research

The Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR) has its origins in the Raffles Museum which was founded in 1849. That museum comprised of several components, and the natural history collection is now part of the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore. The department has its origins in the former Departments of Botany and Zoology which were merged in 1996. This paved the way for the consolidation for resources and personnel involved in biodiversity research into an integrated unit - the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR).

Established on 1 October 1998, the RMBR is built on the academic strengths of various faculty and postgraduate researchers of the department The animal collection is well known to international scientists as the Zoological Reference Collection (ZRC), and the successor of the famous 'Raffles Collection'). It contains the historical collection of the former Raffles Museum, established since 1849 as a result of an idea mooted by Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore who was an eminent naturalist. Today, it is the proud host to the single largest collection of Southeast Asian fauna in the region containing at least 400,000 catalogued specimens.

Transport will leave NIE at 1800 hours and expected to arrive at RMBR at about 1845 hours. Participants will be taken on a guided tour around the Museum. The tour will take about an hour to an hour and a half. Transport will leave the Museum at 2000 hours back to RELC.

[SGD5.00 per participant for transport to the Museum]