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Number of Museums in Roundtable

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Number of Museums in Roundtable

Data from Jan 2013 to Dec 2019

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:27 SGT

MCCY (Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth)

The Museum Roundtable was formed in 1996 with the aim of growing the heritage ecosystem by bringing more museums and heritage galleries closer to the public. Chaired by the National Heritage Board, the Roundtable is by invitation only to public and private museums and galleries that have been in operation for more than 365 days.

Number of Museums in Roundtable

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NumberofMuseumsinRoundtable.csv (49 rows, 1.1 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Category
Text
Museums
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2013Art5
2013Culture & Community9
2013Defence9
2013Healthcare5
2013National History12
2013Lifestyle & Collectibles3
2013Science and Innovation9
2014Art4
2014Culture & Community9
2014Defence14

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
CategorycategoryText--
MuseumsmuseumsNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_24fa9e24034a569315a9aa8b68a82c97"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. (2021). Number of Museums in Roundtable (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 19, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_24fa9e24034a569315a9aa8b68a82c97/view

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Created on

06 May 2021

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MCCY (Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth)