The Asian Civilisations Museum has opened Sacred Caves: Dunhuang, Buddhism, and the Silk Road, with life-size Mogao Cave reproductions on show in Southeast Asia for the first time through Sunday, 7 March 2027.
The run began on 25 September 2026 across ACM’s Level 2 Foyer and Special Exhibitions Gallery at 1 Empress Place. Museum hours are daily 10am to 7pm, and Fridays to 9pm. An all-access ticket is required for the exhibition.
What is in the caves
Four life-size Mogao reproductions sit with paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, textiles and devotion objects spanning more than a thousand years of Silk Road exchange. Cave 158, with the large reclining Buddha, occupies the Level 2 Foyer. Inside the Special Exhibitions Gallery, visitors move through reproductions of Caves 249, 45 and 3, then through City, Devotion and People themes built around Dunhuang as a trade and pilgrimage crossroads.
Composer Sulwyn Lok contributed three original sound pieces for the rooms. A digital colour trail and, from 2 October, a stamp rally that can redeem a blind-box apsara figurine extend the visit beyond the cave walls.
Tickets for locals and visitors
Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents pay S$10 for an adult all-access ticket. SC/PR seniors aged 60 and above, students, persons with disabilities (plus one caregiver) and children aged 6 and under enter free. Foreign residents and tourists pay S$25, or S$20 for concessions. Pink or blue NRIC, or other valid concession ID, is needed at Visitor Services.
Raffles Place MRT is the nearest station.
