Fuk Tak Chi Museum

This museum is actually a small Chinese shrine (and also the oldest Chinese temple in Singapore) built by Chinese immigrants back in 1824 as a way to honour their gods in their new land. The small museum is located along Telok Ayer Street near the Chinatown area of Singapore, sandwiched between two shophouses and towered over by the skyscrapers of the surrounding business district. It has been well preserved, although the original temple was relocated to Geylang during the renovation period in the 90s. It now features around 200 artefacts which were contributed by residents from Chinatown, including a diorama of what the street used to look like in the past. Surprisingly, the museum also serves as one of the entrances to a boutique hotel called Amoy—which you can access via a glass door in the back wall—and hotel guests get a free guided tour courtesy of the hotel staff. Look out for the resident bats in the rafters, the Chinese believe that bats bring good luck to the house they nest in. The museum is currently undergoing renovation and will reopen in late 2015.