Armenian Street (

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: 亚米尼亚街) is a street in Central

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

located in the

Museum Planning Area The Museum Planning Area is a planning area located in the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The area plays a "bridging role" between the Orchard area and the Downtown Core, which necessitates proper transport networks for vehic ...

. The street covers a short distance that starts from Coleman Street and ends at the junction of Stamford Road and

Waterloo Street Waterloo Street ( Chinese: 滑铁卢街/四马路) is a two-way street in downtown Singapore stretching from Rochor Road to Bras Basah Road. It passes through the planning areas of Rochor and Museum Planning Area. Formerly a one-way street, ...

. The road houses a couple of landmarks including

The Substation The Substation (Chinese: 电力站) is Singapore's first independent contemporary arts centre. It was founded in 1990 by Kuo Pao Kun. The Substation is centrally located in the city's civic district and was the first building under the Natio ...

and the

Old Tao Nan School The Old Tao Nan School () is a historic building in Singapore, located along Armenian Street in the Museum Planning Area, within the Central Area. The building was originally built for the Tao Nan School to serve the local Hokkien community, ...

which is the

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, part of the

Asian Civilisations Museum The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the Peranakan Museum at Old Tao Nan School, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum. It is ...

. The museum officially opened in 2008.

References

*''Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), Toponymics A Study of Singapore's Street Names, Eastern University Press, '' Roads in Singapore Museum Planning Area {{Singapore-road-stub

See also

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