POP-UP IN THE MUSEUM
30 August Friday – 22 September Sunday 2024
About POP-UP In The Museum
POP-UP In The Museum features thematic guided tours & workshops, cinematic screenings, collaborative exhibitions, shopping events and F&B experiences in the museum happening at curated periods of time along the year.
Pop-up concepts have a history that dates back many centuries to the earliest known travelling merchants and grew in popularity from the early 2000s and brands used temporary locations to build awareness and promote products that can appeal to customers.
POP-UP In The Museum at the MINT Museum of Toys carries an edge over regular pop-ups by bringing out the nostalgia and significance of pop-up culture and brands while still tapping into contemporary trends that draws in various communities in the museum industry, arts & culture sector or collecting world.
Programmes for Grand Prix™ Season Singapore 2024
Experience the thrill of Formula 1 and delve into the history of Grand Prix through a series of pre-race programmes by POP-UP In The Museum at the MINT Museum of Toys. The programmes below are curated specially for the Grand Prix™ Season Singapore 2024.
Grand Prix Motor Racing, eventually evolving into ‘Formula’ racing, has captivated the world since 1894 with the first Grand Prix in Singapore taking place in 1961, known as the Orient Year Grand Prix.
Located at 26 Seah Street, a street historically home to Hainanese who first settled in Singapore in the 1910s, the museum pays tribute to this ancestry with a Hainanese Chicken Rice Rooftop Lunch experience for guests who are game to indulge in one of earliest and best chicken rice in Singapore.
After a hearty lunch, embark on Vintage Racing Toy Cars Guided Tours to explore the museum’s vintage Grand Prix racing cars made between 1930s – 1970s such as a collectable postcard depicting Troy Ruttman from the Indy 500 race in 1952 or the McLaren M23 Texaxo Grand Prix Racing Car from the 1970s.
Families with children ages 5 – 12 years can sign up for Racing Car Craft Workshops, a child-friendly programme created to spark a love for learning through toys and play and be able to bring home your own Racing Car or get your hands on a Retro Grand Prix Board Game from 1958 and learn some fun tips on how to manoeuvre the race!
For those who are new to the Grand Prix adventure, catch Grand Prix (1966), an American sports drama film detailing the fate of four Formula One drivers through a fictionalised version of the 1966 Formula One season at the museum’s latest cinematic screening space, giving you insights to the world of this exhilarating sport.
Part of the excitement of watching the Grand Prix Race is often paired with a cool thirst quencher or glass of alcohol in hand! The museum offers a Happy Hour in the Museum experience where guests can enjoy wines before heading to the Marina Bay Street Circuit which is just 10-20 minutes walk away!
The above programmes are specially curated for Grand Prix Season Singapore and is an annual event showing the museum’s efforts of appreciating the history and evolution of this motor-racing sport as well as celebrating Singapore’s local culture and its first street circuit in Asia designed for Formula One races.
POP-UP In The Museum will be filled with these unforgettable pre-race programmes from 30 August to 22 September 2024.
Programmes
VINTAGE RACING TOY CARS GUIDED TOURS
Riding into the Grand Prix Season Singapore, the museum has on display a series of rare and vintage toy cars made between the 1930s to 1970s, modelled after famous Grand Prix racing cars such as the Astro Boy Ferrari Sigma Grand Prix Show Car or the McLaren M23 Texaxo Grand Prix Racing Car paying tribute to Grand Prix motor racing, a motorsport competition with a history dated as early as 1894.
This tour is free for up to 2 children (ages 7 – 12) with an accompanying adult!
Racing Car Craft Workshop
Children ages 5 – 12 years can sign up for this racing car craft workshop created specially for children to spark a love for learning about cars through play. This workshop includes the use of recycled wood that are environmentally friendly to assemble and paint a racing car model while also learning early concepts of car parts, mechanisms and about Grand Prix automotive history.
The programme includes a 15 minutes guided tour to explore the museum’s vintage toy car collection followed by a 45 minutes workshop with all materials provided by the museum.
Hainanese Chicken Rice Rooftop Lunch
Paying tribute to Singapore’s most popular street food – Hainanese Chicken Rice! Served in traditional old school hawker wrapped paper, indulge one of earliest and best chicken rice in Singapore with a rooftop scenic view overlooking Esplanade and Marina Bay Sands.
After lunch, join a docent to explore vintage toy cars and collectables from 1930s – 1970s from the museum’s toy collections modelled after famous Grand Prix racing cars such as the Astro Boy Ferrari Sigma Grand Prix Show Car or the McLaren M23 Texaxo Grand Prix Racing Car.
Happy Hour In The Museum
To elevate the pre-race experience, embark on a wine drinking experience between 1-4pm with a bottle of La Petite Gargotte Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc wines from France. You may also add-on a guided tour to explore the museum’s vintage Grand Prix racing toy cars collection while appreciating wines at the museum. General admission ticket applies.
GRAND PRIX (1966) SPORTS DRAMA FILM SCREENING
Spend your pre-race afternoon with us before heading to the F1 actual races and relax at the museum’s latest movie screening space to catch Grand Prix (1966), an American sports drama film detailing the fate of four Formula One drivers through a fictionalised version of the 1966 Formula One season at the museum’s latest cinematic screening space, giving you insights to the world of this exhilarating sport.