Memories Café

Join our programme dedicated for persons with dementia and their caregivers to interact through activities and conversations in a safe, supportive and conducive environment within our social space, Reunion.

It offers a fresh change of environment to caregivers who may have long been attending support groups held in more formal settings such as dementia day care centres, while encouraging the interaction and bonding between the person with dementia and their family members.

Each Memories Café programme is typically 2-hours in duration, with the first hour focused on engagement activities such as sing-along, enjoying a music performance, drumming, puppet and drama activities led by community artists, volunteers and staff. The second hour is designed for social interaction among persons with dementia, caregivers and customers at the café accompanied with drinks and snacks, courtesy of Cafe Brera.

Details about Memories Café:

Gather at Reunion – A Self-facilitated Programme for Seniors

Groups are welcome to organise self-facilitated senior-/dementia-/Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)-centric activities in the activity space within Reunion. Each self-facilitated programme is 2 hours in duration and will include:

The use of Memory Lane, an immersive interactive experience for seniors to curate their own digital exhibition and send a copy of their completed exhibition to themselves as a souvenir, and

Heritage-based resources (e.g. NMS Easy Guides, NHB Conversation Starter Kits) that can be used to spark conversations inspired by artefacts from the National Collection.

Booking must be made with a minimum lead time of 21 days before the intended programme date.

Each programme booking is subject to a minimum capacity of 20 persons and maximum capacity of 50 persons.

For groups comprising fewer than 20 persons, a minimum charge of $218 (inclusive of GST) is applicable based on the minimum capacity of 20 persons.

Refresh and Reconnect!

An 8-week signature programme to offer a non-medical heritage-based intervention programme for seniors living with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

The 8-week long programme will be held over consecutive weeks and will be about 2 hours in duration per session. The 8 sessions will include guided gallery tours led by the museum’s Care Facilitator volunteers and artist-led hands-on activities based on various art forms (e.g. music and movement, craft, storytelling) to encourage new learning among participants, while leveraging the museum’s collection to spark reminiscence conversations.

Quiet Mornings* Drop in Activity

Every first Thursday of each month
Free, unless otherwise stated

On the Quiet Mornings that take place every first Thursday of each month, you can look forward to participating in our drop-in hands-on activities between 9am and 12pm.

Each month’s activity is different and is designed for our seniors to learn about our collection while enjoying a hands-on activity and conversation with each other.

Follow our social media webpages for the latest updates on our activity for each month:

Makan with Seniors

Bi-monthly, see below for upcoming dates and timings
3 hours
Free; Pre-registration is required

Makan with Seniors is a community initiative started in 2018 by Ms Eleanor Yap, the founder of Ageless Online, aimed at bridging the gap between seniors and youth to have conversations over their favourite meals. With support from the National Museum of Singapore, Makan with Seniors is now offered as a regular bi-monthly programme at the museum's Reunion social space. In each 3-hour session, senior and youth participants will be paired up / groups together to converse with one another while enjoying their favourite food. These conversations will be facilitated with a "menu" of questions for seniors to answer, ranging from their memories of past events and their growing-up years. 

Check this space for more updates about the upcoming Makan with Seniors programme.

Sign-ups will be on a first come, first served basis.

Monthly Workshops for Seniors

Every second Tuesday of each month (unless otherwise stated)
$16 per senior*

*Each ticket allows 1 accompanying caregiver/care staff

Create new mementos and experience with us, as you explore our collection and stories through hands-on activities featuring different art forms.

Experience Reunion Senior-friendly Tours

Every first Saturday of the month
10.30am – 11.30am
Tour is free but pre-registration is required*

Experience Reunion at the National Museum of Singapore through a facilitated programme for seniors!

Explore the gallery through a conversational tour and Reunion, the museum’s social space for seniors, with our Care Facilitator volunteers. Engage with the museum’s handling objects in the activity area and look forward to creating your own digital exhibition at our Memory Lane immersive interactive experience.

The tours are led by the museum’s Care Facilitator volunteers, who are trained to engage seniors, including persons with dementia. These tours are conversational in nature, and the themes for the tours vary each month.

*Each sign-up submitted is for 1 senior (including persons with dementia) and an accompanying caregiver | Standard admission charges to our galleries will apply for non-Singaporeans and non-Permanent Residents

Singing to Remember – Dementia Choir

On Sundays

This weekly Dementia Choir programme is organised by Angelina Choo, with support from the National Museum of Singapore.