Located by the Singapore River the Asian Civilisation Museum was set up in 1993 and later open its door in 1997 at the former Tao Nan School which was later been turn into a Peranakan Museum. In 2003 the ACM opened its second venue at the Empress Building which was completed in 1867, the neoclassical style building along the Singapore River was used for over 100 years to house then colonial and later Singapore Government Office of the Singapore Immigration Department that is where I first obtain my blue Malaysian Passport there. The mission of the ACM is devoted to preserving the cultural heritage of Asia especially the ancestral cultures of Singaporeans which include China, India, South East Asia, and the Islamic World
