Cathay Gallery

The Cathy Gallery is an art and film museum located in Orchard Road, in Singapore’s Museum Planning Area. A favourite among film enthusiasts, history buffs, and the eccentric hipster class, this Gallery is home to vintage movie posters, early cameras, film equipment of the twentieth century, and other memorabilia from the golden age of Singaporean cinema. Nostalgia beckons at every step in this museum, full of snippets from the film history of the region.

Housed in the Lion City’s first high-rise building, the Cathay Gallery museum is built within an iconic national monument with a well-preserved façade that reflects the architecture of 1930s Singapore. The seventeen-storeyed building houses a nine-screen cinema, shopping mall, restaurants, and housing complexes in addition to the museum. The Gallery shows off the contributions of the Loke family to the country’s film industry and entertainment scene. With a juxtaposition of the postmodern art-deco architecture and vintage twentieth-century styles, the Cathay Gallery presents the best of both worlds in an artful, elegant way – a must-visit for quirky young tourists!