Lease at Maxwell Road ceased in end-April, to move to new premises in last quarter of 2017

The Red Dot Design Museum Singapore at Maxwell Road will be relocating to Marina Bay by the end of this year.

The museum said yesterday that its lease of the Red Dot Traffic building — an iconic landmark along the road known for its conspicuous red hue — ceased at the end of April, and it will be moving to the Marina Bay City Gallery at 11 Marina Boulevard in the last quarter of 2017.

While the museum will continue featuring award-winning design works from around the world, “it is very likely how the works are presented will be done in a different manner”, its spokesman Elvin Seah told TODAY, adding that extensive refurbishment at the gallery is underway.

The museum will also collaborate with partners to host design-related exhibitions and expand its iconic MAAD, Market of Artists and Designers, which will be organised at Marina Bay.

“Pursuing to be an exciting destination at Marina Bay, the Red Dot Design Museum will be the latest addition to the Bay as a design focal point, offering a world-class museum experience, interesting design content and exciting design events,” the museum said in a press release.

Built in 1928, the Red Dot Traffic building at 28 Maxwell Road used to house the Traffic Police Headquarters.

In 2005, Red Dot Design Museum — which was founded in Germany in 1955 and is known as the world’s largest exhibition of contemporary design — established its second museum in Singapore at the site.

It has welcomed about 645,800 visitors and hosted more than 688 events over the last 12 years.

Early this year, the Ministry of Law announced that the building will be restored to the neutral, off-white colour that it had sported during the 1970s, when it was the Traffic Police’s headquarters, as part of a S$25 million project to convert the building into an extension of the adjacent Maxwell Chambers.

The expansion will allow Maxwell Chambers — the world’s first integrated dispute resolution complex — to take on a soaring caseload and strengthen Singapore’s standing as a hub for international dispute resolution, the ministry said.

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courtesy of TODAY

by JOEY CHUA XUE TING

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