SAM’s two museum sites – the former St. Joseph’s Institution (SJI) building on Bras Basah Road and former Catholic High School building on Queen Street – were closed in 2019 for redevelopment works.
This major undertaking includes the preservation of the buildings’ heritage architecture, blending the old and the new. When SAM re-opens, visitors can look forward to an iconic space to experience and engage with art.
Learn more about the former SJI building, a gazetted National Monument, below.
The galleries in the Central Building were formed by knocking down walls that made up former classrooms.
Once the chapel of the school, this decommissioned chapel is now an art exhibition space.
This building, originally known as Anderson Building, was named after Sir John Anderson, Governor of the Straits Settlements (1904 – 1911).