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This is a virtual tour of Body and Spirit: The Human Body in Thought and Practice, a special exhibition on display at ACM from 25 November 2022 - 26 March 2023.
Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) presents the ways in which religions in Asia understand the human body through rituals, healing practices, pilgrimage, and divine images.
ACM explores wellness and the wholeness of body, spirit, and mind with this exhibition. Featuring over 100 objects from the National Collection, private collectors, and local communities, this special exhibition presents a stunning display of sacred and ritual art from Singapore and the region. Join us in contemplating the many ways in which religions in Asia understand the human body through rituals, healing practices, pilgrimage, and divine images.
Complementing the main exhibition are two special showcases. Buddha Relics displays gems and other precious offerings found together with bone relics of the Buddha in the Piprahwa Stupa in India in 1898. In Vel Vel: The Burden Dance (a project by Sistrum), learn more about kavadi — elaborate structures carried in Thaipusam, a yearly procession celebrated by Singapore’s Tamil Hindu community
For the best viewing experience, click here to view the virtual tour in full screen (recommended for mobile devices).
25 November 2022 - 26 March 2023
The ways in which religions in Asia understand the human body through rituals, healing practices, pilgrimage, and divine images.
From 1 October 2022
ACM welcomes a selection of Chinese Christian art from the Vatican Museums in Rome, in its latest rotation of the Christian Art Gallery. Drawn from the Anima Mundi (meaning “Soul of the World”), these are little-known treasures of Christian art made in Asia.
