Year of the Dragon collectible red packets available at 43 museums from Jan 12
Visitors can collect Year of the Dragon red packets at 43 participating museums, heritage institutions and galleries to celebrate Chinese New Year. (Images: National Heritage Board)
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SINGAPORE: Collectible Year of the Dragon red packets will be available at 43 participating museums, heritage institutions and galleries this Chinese New Year season, with each venue offering a unique design.
The National Heritage Board (NHB) said on Tuesday (Jan 9) that visitors will be able to collect the red packets during its Museum Roundtable Lunar New Year Hongbao Campaign from Jan 12 to Feb 9. Chinese New Year falls on Feb 10 and 11.
Each visitor is limited to one set, comprising eight red packets, each and redemption is while stocks last.
The Museum Roundtable is a collective of more than 60 public and private museums and heritage galleries, and established by the NHB in 1996 to promote a museum-going culture in Singapore.
This is the 10th time that NHB has run this campaign. Last year, the board made Year of the Rabbit red packets available at 39 participating venues.
Where can I get the Year of the Dragon red packets?
- Art Science Museum
- Asian Civilisations Museum
- Char Yong (Dabu) Association Heritage Hall
- Children's Museum Singapore
- Chinese Heritage Centre
- Eurasian Heritage Gallery
- Former Ford Factory
- Fort Siloso
- Geylang Serai Heritage Gallery
- HDB LIVINGSPACE Gallery
- Indian Heritage Centre
- Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery
- Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital Heritage Gallery
- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
- MINT Museum of Toys
- MOE Heritage Centre
- National Gallery Singapore
- National Library Singapore
- National Museum of Singapore
- NEWater Visitor Centre
- NUS Baba House
- NUS Museum
- Peranakan Museum
- Red Dot Design Museum
- Republic of Singapore Air Force Museum
- Science Centre Singapore
- Singapore Art Museum
- Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage and CDL Green Gallery
- Singapore Coins and Notes Museum
- Singapore Discovery Centre
- Singapore Maritime Gallery
- Singapore Mobility Gallery
- Singapore Musical Box Museum
- Singapore Navy Museum
- Singapore Sports Museum
- STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery
- Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
- Sustainable Singapore Gallery @ Marina Barrage
- Tan Tock Seng Heritage Museum
- The Gem Museum
- The Intan
- The SGH Museum
- Woodbridge Museum
A limited collector’s box set will also be made available for sale, containing two full sets of all 43 red packet designs, as well as a special edition design.
These red packets will have an orange background, compared to the red backgrounds on the packets that can be collected from participating venues.
The box sets are priced at S$108 (US$81) and only 450 albums will be available for purchase at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.
Interested buyers must register on Eventbrite from 10am on Jan 10 to 6pm on Jan 15. Successful registrants can then purchase and collect the sets on Jan 20 and Jan 21.
About 50 box sets will also be available for walk-in purchase on Jan 27, between 10am and 5pm. This round is restricted to those who have not already purchased a set on the earlier dates. Members of the public can purchase one album per NRIC number on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mr Goh Chour Thong, director of international and museum relations at NHB, said the board has "truly enjoyed 10 years of partnering with Museum Roundtable members for the Hongbao Campaign, and working with them to adapt the design of the Chinese zodiac animal for the year to reflect each of their unique characteristics".
"We are very encouraged that the hongbaos as well as the limited collectors' editions have continued to be popular with the public and sought after by collectors, and helped grow visitorship and appreciation of the offerings at each of the participating Museum Roundtable members," he added.
Two online giveaways will also be held on the I Love Museums Facebook page, with a collector’s box set and a full set of the red packets up for grabs.
