The World of Studio Ghibli is at The ArtScience Museum from 4 October 2024 to 2 February 2025. Firstly, remember to buy your ticket from ArtScience Museum itself or where the ticketing page might lead you to Klook if you don’t have an MBS membership.
There will be timeslots available so do pick one and don’t be late for your session since it’s a pretty popular exhibition.
The World of Studio Ghibli starts from Basement 2 and continues to level 3 but you can just go either direction since you would have your tickets on your phone (or if you printed it somehow).
Just know that the gift shop is only at level 3 and that’s the “last” place you will go out from that’s super dangerous since it has so much merchandise that I didn’t see some items available in Ghibli museum or shops in Japan somehow.
They brought in the ‘practical’ but pretty things in Singapore also, there’s Singapore exclusive designs like a batik/Ghibli skirt. Like thanks… I ended up buying the exclusive poster with the actual ArtScience Museum illustrated so that it looked like it was in the same universe with the characters.
Anyway, I enjoyed the whole exhibition. I’ve gone to the Ghibli Museum in Japan, and the shops there but Singapore gives you a different experience!
For one thing, you can take pictures in the ArtScience Museum, but don’t use flash photography.
You can’t do that in Japan.
Secondly, there’s a bunch of photo spots where you need someone else to help take a picture of you and there’s one spot where it’s for 2 people in one shot.
All of it are recreations of scenes in the various movies.
Thirdly, the various scenes are all in English for us! It’s all translated for us so that’s really neat.
You’re not allowed to touch the props though, but they’re really nice to look up close.
I find it really interesting how they did some sections because it’s really innovative with the way how they position or use it.
I had to take a picture of the credits or acknowledgements cause if you’re one of the team who made it.
I want you guys to know that I really was impressed on how you did that “mirror” part. It really did give that feeling. And everything else there including the garden Howl gave.
I’m definitely going there again with my friends. Oh I already saw some casual Chihiro (Spirited Away) cosplay that visitors were wearing to the museum already.
If you haven’t watched the movies, you might not appreciate the tiny details or reveals of some places. I think you can borrow the DVDs at our National Library if you haven’t watched them.
