Vintage Camera Museum

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Vintage Camera Museums
Facade of the Vintage Camera Museum 20170820.jpg
Facade of the Vintage Camera Museum
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Location within Singapore
Established1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)
Location Singapore
Coordinates 1°18′13″N103°51′24″E / 1.303486°N 103.8568053°E / 1.303486; 103.8568053 Coordinates: 1°18′13″N103°51′24″E / 1.303486°N 103.8568053°E / 1.303486; 103.8568053
TypeCamera museum
Founder
  • Solaiyappan Ramanathan
  • A.P. Shreethar
CuratorSolaiyappan Ramanathan
Website www.vintagecamerasmuseumsg.com

The Vintage Camera Museum is a camera museum in Kampong Glam which is a neighbourhood and ethnic enclave in Singapore.

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History and background

Started by steel trader Solaiyappan Ramanathan and his cousin (and artist) A.P. Shreethar, the camera museum opened on 1 June 2017. [1] [2] It was started to educate people the evolution of camera. The exhibits consist of approximately 1,000 cameras from the personal collections of Ramanathan and Shreethar, who both collectively own 7,000 cameras. [1] The cameras are from as far back as the late 19th century all the way to the early 2000s, [3] and include pigeon camera, a Minox spy camera, and Rokuoh-sha Type 89 'Machine Gun' camera that was used by the Japanese as a training weapon during World War II. [1]

The museum was affected by the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore which it saw a 90% drop in traffic, forcing it to be temporarily closed in 2020. [4]

Architecture

Ramanathan bought a building located at Jalan Kledek and retrofitted it. [1] The façade of the building is shaped after a Rollei camera, [2] and is thus called as the 'world's biggest camera-shaped building'. [3] [5] [6] Housed in the 2,500 sq ft (230 m2) [3] building are the Vintage Camera Museum, and Click Art Museum, which showcases Shreethar's artwork while allowing visitors to experiment photography with the art pieces. [7]

The museum is housed in a white camera-shaped building with a total floor area of 2,500 square feet, divided into two museums – Vintage Camera Museum and Click art Museum. [1]

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