The Nei Xue Tang Museum ("Hall of Inner Learning") (Chinese: 内学堂) is a private museum of Buddhist art in Singapore. It is the first home museum in Singapore.

The museum was created by collector Woon Wee Teng under a program enacted by the Singapore government to allow collectors to show their collections in their own homes.[1] Opened in 2005,[2] the collection is located in a four-storey pre-war house built in the Peranakan style on Cantonment Road.[3] It is Singapore's first home museum.[3] The museum is by invitation only.[4]

Singaporean billionaire businessman, Oei Hong Leong, houses most of his 50,000-piece collection of Buddhist artifacts at the Museum.[4]

In 2007, Woon announced plans for a much larger museum to house more Buddhist artifacts.[5] Oei subsequently bought the museum but decided not to expand the museum.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Karen Mazurkewich, "Private Spaces", The Wall Street Journal, 2 December 2005.
  2. ↑ Valerie Tan, "Singaporean opens museum featuring Buddhist artefacts", Channel NewsAsia at The Buddhist Channel, 22 May 2005.
  3. 1 2 "Nei Xue Tang - A Buddhist Art Museum". Time Out Singapore. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Karmali, Naazneen. "Billionaire Oei Hong Leong's Buddhist Treasures". Forbes. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Hong, Lynda (11 November 2007). "Nei Xue Tang to build world Buddhist museum featuring rare artefacts". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

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