Art Collection

NTU Museum Art Collection

NTU Museum has a modest collection of over 200 contemporary artworks from an eclectic range of Singaporean and Southeast Asian artists, including a selection of Cultural Medallion recipients. Most of the collection is made accessible to the public on display around the NTU Campus on the Campus Art Trail and through our online archives.

Artwork Highlights

The campus is our gallery - look out for artworks displayed throughout our beautiful grounds.

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Campus Art Trail

A public art initiative of the Museum, the Campus Art Trail showcases over 40 diverse artworks, from artist concepts developed from paper into reality by students and faculty, to state-of-the-art buildings designed by world famous architects and state-gazetted heritage buildings.

What's on

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Myth to Quantum: A Media Art Nexus compilation 2016-2025

The inaugural exhibition for INDEX: Stories in Motion features screen-based projects by Mark Chavez and Ina Conradi that trace a journey from mythology to the speculative space of quantum science.

Campus Art Trail Relaunch 2025

NTU Museum presents a revamped Campus Art Trail with a snazzy new map recreated in miniature form at the ARTease event.

Earth Explorations: Wild Dot demonstrates making brushes out of bamboo

Discovery Month Workshops - Sep 2025

A series of creative workshops for incoming freshmen to experience NTU's art: crafting iconic buildings in miniature, creating natural pigments from NTU's foliage and exploring the campus artworks.

Earth Explorations

NTU Museum and nature-guided art studio Wild Dot present Earth Explorations, a workshop to create natural colour pigments with earth around the NIE Art Gallery.

Very Momentary Exhibition: NTU

This light installation by House of VSE and NTU Museum transforms an otherwise ordinary space on campus into a joyful spectrum of colours after dark.

Construction in Every Corner

Using the multiple MRT construction sites on campus as a starting point, three NTU-trained artists examine liminal spaces, human connection, and nature’s representation in this group exhibition in 2025.

Sound Plot: Ulu

Sound Plot: Ulu is presented by NTU Museum and theatre development company Centre 42 in 2024/2025, an audio drama series paying homage to the diversity of people and the layers of history in the Jurong West region where the main campus is located.

OneNTU Mural

NTU Museum presents a community mural painted by students, staff and their families for OneNTU Day 2024. Located at AIA Canopy in North Spine, this 11m-long mural designed by Jaxton Su was inspired by NTU and its diverse and inclusive community.

Sites & Nature: A Collection of Remembering

NTU Museum's 2023 exhibition held at the NIE Art Gallery was an immersive experience tracing Singapore’s journey from a bustling port city to a flourishing garden metropolis inspired by the permanent art collections of NTU and NIE.

A Convergence of Art & Science

The 4.5m tall Loop outdoor sculpture with 1,200 butterflies was created by the NTU Community for The Arc and launched in 2019 with an exhibition 'A Convergence of Art and Science' providing a glimpse into Loop's project development from start to end.

NTU Campus Art Trail illustrated map keyart

Campus Art Trail Inaugural Launch 2018

NTU Museum marked its 10th anniversary in 2018 with the launch of an art trail around campus with over 40 diverse artworks by students and faculty to state-of-the-art buildings designed by world famous architects and state-gazetted heritage buildings.

NTU Trees: Upcycled

NTU Trees: Upcycled was a collaborative project between NTU Museum and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in 2016 where trees felled to make way for development on campus were given a new lease of life and turned into unique and functional works of art.