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The Nei Xue Tang Museum ("Hall of Inner Learning") (
Simplified Chinese Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to: Mathematics Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example * Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...
: 内学堂）is a private museum of Buddhist art in
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, borde ...
. It is the first home museum in Singapore. The museum was created by collector Woon Wee Teng under a program enacted by the Singapore government to allow collectors to show their collections in their own homes. Opened in 2005, the collection is located in a four-storey pre-war house built in the Peranakan style on
Cantonment Road Cantonment Road (Chinese: 广东民路) is a road located directly on the boundary between Bukit Merah and the Central Area PAs of Outram and the Downtown Core in Singapore. The road starts at its junction with Outram Road, Eu Tong Sen Str ...
. It is Singapore's first home museum. The museum is by invitation only. Singaporean billionaire businessman,
Oei Hong Leong Oei Hong Leong (born 1948) is a Singaporean billionaire businessman. Early life Oei Hong Leong is the son of Indonesian Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who died in 2019. He was educated in China, having moved there as a teenager, and lived there in the 196 ...
, houses most of his 50,000-piece collection of Buddhist artifacts at the Museum. In 2007, Woon announced plans for a much larger museum to house more Buddhist artifacts. Oei subsequently bought the museum but decided not to expand the museum.


See also

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List of museums in Singapore This is a list of museums in Singapore: National museums *8Q SAM *Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) *National Gallery Singapore *National Museum of Singapore *Peranakan Museum *Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Other museums * Tools of Old Singapore Mu ...
* Japanese sculpture *
Khmer sculpture Khmer sculpture ( km, ចម្លាក់ខ្មែរ, ) refers to the stone sculpture of the Khmer Empire, which ruled a territory based on modern Cambodia, but rather larger, from the 9th to the 13th century. The most celebrated examples a ...
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Korean Buddhist sculpture Korean Buddhist sculpture is one of the major areas of Korean art. Buddhism, a religion originating in what is now India, was transmitted to Korea via China in the late 4th century. Buddhism introduced major changes in Korean society. The compl ...
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Lao Buddhist sculpture Lao Buddhist sculptures were created by the Lao people of Southeast Asia. They are typically made of bronze, although gold and silver images can also be found. The Vat Manorom is believed to be the oldest colossal Lao Buddhist sculpture. Today, th ...
* Thai art *
Buddha images in Thailand A Buddha image in Thailand typically refers to three-dimensional stone, wood, clay, or metal cast images of the Gautama Buddha, Buddha. While there are such figures in all regions where Buddhism is commonly practiced, the appearance, composition a ...


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