POP-UP IN THE MUSEUM
About POP-UP In The Museum
POP-UP In The Museum features thematic guided tours & workshops, cinematic screenings, collaborative exhibitions, 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. Below you will find the museum’s latest pop-ups events.
What’s On
The MINT Museum of Toys and MINT Shop are proud to partner with the Singapore Retail Festival 2025 to celebrate the spirit of play, nostalgia, and discovery through a unique blend of interactive, nostalgic and retail experiences.
Pop – Up In The Museum as part of the festival, brings together racing-themed programmes including sustainable wood craft workshops, racing toy cars competitions, learn & play fast-paced board games.
One of the museum’s most transformational spaces has been turned into a car collector’s playground for this Pop-Up In The Museum! An unconventional shopping experience invites you to explore the museum’s toy collections, browse, shop and collect limited-pieces car collectibles – perfect for expanding or starting the beginning of a toy collecting journey. The range of merchandises are also made available at special prices exclusively to this pop-up! Adding on to the shopping experience, you also get to access multi-track interactive play zones to test, play and compete on tracksets before bringing home your favourite one!
To end the Singapore Retail Festival, a movie screening featuring one of the pioneer Godzilla films created during Japan’s Showa era (1954-1975) – Godzilla (1954) has also been curated as part of this shopping experience.
Pop-Up In The Museum aims to redefine traditional shopping experiences and this collaboration with the Singapore Retail Festival pushes beyond conventional retail, positioning the MINT Museum of Toys’s toy collections and MINT Shop’s merchandise as cultural icons that celebrate innovation, heritage, and the art of collecting.
Ways to Enjoy the Pop-Up
The 1-Day Pass allows pass holder access to visit the museum and its vintage toys collections across Outerspace, Characters and Collectables as well as Vintage Enamel Advertising Signs, Vintage Decorative Tins, The Birth of Astro Boy, Spooky Horror, Bedtime Stories & Beatles Memorabilia. As you walk your way down to Level 3 of the museum, you will discover the Pop-Up In The Museum where you can browse, SHOP and play with car collectibles and tracksets. Don’t forget to check out other racing themed workshops, self-exploratory tracks and board game session you can add-on to elevate your Pop-Up In The Museum experience.
The 12-Day pass unlocks the full Pop-Up In The Museum experience, giving pass holders access to the MINT Museum of Toys and its toy collections for 12 days between 30 Sep – 12 October 2025. On top of the museum entry and pop-up access, the pass also includes participation in a full line-up of racing themed programmes below:
