My university professor brought us here for an enriching learning journey about the past and building conservation. The building is beautifully maintained, and the tour guide was very enthusiastic in explaining the history of NUS Baba House to us. I also learned some history of Peranakans for the first time. I hope more historical buildings will be conserved and maintained like this

Excellent guided tour! Learnt lots of relevant knowledge of the Wee's ancestral home and how NUS worked with URA in the conservation of the house. Also started to question the identity of a Peranakan in Singapore. This place is not just about the restoration of the house, but it also acts as a place of research and even houses a small exhibition in the topmost floor. A good place to start learning. This was a private guided tour. But there are public guided tours conducted on Saturdays. There are also self-guided tours on weekdays except Mondays.

I am giving the 1 star review because of the UNCLE (idk who he is, probably the caretaker of the house). He is extremely RUDE to us, he treat all the people who visited the house like real intruders or sth 😮‍💨. He were talking in the angry mode, and it really sounds annoying to the visitors. We were loving Peranakan culture and were excited to see the house, but the uncle really spoiled our moods. To NUS team, I know that you love to showcase your amazing work and Paranakan culture but it doesn't work out by having an unfriendly "guard". If you are not confident to let people visit the house then don't open it for public anymore, because this bad service will spoil your reputation, and Peranakan in general. Sorry, we don't wanna pay to get this kinda attitude.

Always wanted to see this place. As a tourist even if you cannot go inside the façade and surrounding areas are worth the sights of a time gone by. It would be a treat to see the interiors though. I passed by too early, it was still closed. I took a the photo across the street at a construction site so watch out for truck coming to and from the grates. Recommend you see this place for the architecture and structural design. #RP

The person in charge of tour was EXTREMELY RUDE. We were 5 minutes late and then took another 5 minutes to admire and take pictures from the outside. When we wanted to go in, the guide told us in a condescending manner “You know you are late right, and you can still take pictures here”. We were oblivious to what the rules are and didn’t know it was a guided tour in that there was a real person doing the tour but hey, this guy knows the tour started, yet watched us take pictures outside the gate for 5 whole minutes and DIDNT have the courtesy to approach us to tell us the tour is starting, do we want to go in. Instead he waited for us to take pictures, then scolded us. What?? We were all shocked by his tone and tried to explain that we didn’t know it was a guided tour. I also explained that I tried to call them before the tour to let them know we might be abit late but no one pick up. Instead the guide got even angrier, raised his voice, and scolded us saying we were disrespectful. Beforehand I had even checked several times on the fine print on event brite and email as I didn’t know what to expect but there was NO WHERE that mentioned about the guided tour etiquette or what to expect. If it is an etiquette that is so important to them, then my feedback is to make sure expectations, rules and etiquettes are mentioned and easily accessible to us! DONT assume it is common knowledge because all museums/ tours operate differently and not everyone is acquainted with how guided tour works. Yes it is our wrong for being late but it is absolutely not right for the guide to vent his frustrations on us, to project his assumptions on us, and to scold us in such strong condescending manner. Especially not from a capacity as tour guide!!! I feel terribly sorry for the 3 foreigners that I was hosting who were in Singapore for the first time - imagine how this would affect the rest of the trip! 0 stars for this, but the master doing the actual tour was good, so 1 star.

Rich story telling experience with docent Donald about the history of this Peranakan house. Love the stories behind sympathetic magic artefacts. A good way to learn more about the history and culture of Peranakan families in the past. Not the most convenient location but worth it. Can grab a drink at the nearby cafes kith and plain vanilla

This museum is owned by NUS. We had a docent tour by Audrey who provided interesting accounts of the Peranakan way of life and knowledgeable insights. While no pictures are allowed inside the house, you can take pictures outside. There is an elevator for those with mobility issues, to access the second floor. There are also some well preserved artifacts in the house and I like how this living museum is also used as a research centre for NUS architecture students.

A pre-war traditional terraced house which is now a private museum. Listed in guide books as a must-see, unless you can get on one of the guided tours (only at the weekend and only 14 people) I wouldn't bother. It's a long walk from anything else interesting and you will get told off for taking photos when you get there.

It’s a very well conserved house with fascinating stories told by a knowledgeable docent. However, as an attraction, it falls short of the mark because they zealously prohibit photography, even of parts of the house that are not historical. In a rear service area, I used my phone to take a photo of a student-made poster detailing recent conservation work, and the guard barked at me and ordered me to delete it! C’mon—these aren’t state secrets. They need to relax this senseless and outdated ban that needlessly restricts learning—ironically, in a museum operated by a university.

It was overall good and enjoyable tour by sylph volunteer guide for the day 5 stars for her , but the person in charge of the house i believe it’s donald was probably in a bad mood ? 0 stars for him coz Seemed to be not so inviting and quite rude even before we get to enter the gates That was like a major mood spoiler for anyone. I know they have a certain etiquette to be followed when touring the house but there is also a nice way to express it . Felt like a that very angry uncle bossing around people throughout the tour. I felt very bad when some foreign tourists walked in .. he literally got so angry and almost chase them away in a rude manner. If Donald is reading this or his in charge (please remember you are representing singapore especially when showcasing singapore heritage ) Most of your guests are well educated and paying for the tours so please try to be a bit hospitable or put someone in charge who is more welcoming.

We took the one hour tour and it was very interesting but also fun and pleasant

(Translated by Google) Cute. It is worth dedicating an hour to this ancient house. (Original) Carino. Val la pena dedicare un'ora di tempo per questa abitazione antica.

Excellent place to go for an authentic knowledge of wealthy living of the Peranakn, with a glimpse of conservation engineering.

The one hour tour was wonderful. The guide was kind and very knowledgeable! I strongly recommend you to take this tour. Even better, it’s all free.

Beautifully conserved house that showcases the structure and artifacts of a traditional Peranakan family. Signed up for a self guided tour and friendly and knowledgeable guides are on hand to answer your questions. Visitors are allowed to take photos only of the outside. I now know that a Peranakan house has a reception hall, ancestral hall, kitchen, and living areas upstairs with master bedroom and smaller rooms. A highlight for me was discovering that the master bedroom has 2 peepholes that allow the residents to look down into the reception hall to see the visitors!

To encapsulate the past on so many levels - from the scholarly - the historian, the architect, the researcher, to the general public - tours, talks, events and a space for artists as well This ranks among the best of the best. A dedicated professional team backed with the best of advisers. We all must be proud to have this irreplaceable gem in our midst, for us and future generations. My sincere thanks to all who made it possible and keep it going

We had a lovely visit today at the Baba House. We booked a self-guided tour because it was the only option on weekends. Even so, the staff explained a lot to us about Peranakan culture so the whole visit was very informative. The house itself is beautiful, nicer than it looks in the pictures. I don’t know who the other reviewers dealt with, but the staff there during our visit were all extremely kind and helpful. Overall, worth visit!

Super lovely museum and great tour of the house!

Baba House is brilliant! Every area, item and surface of the house is culturally and historically rich, full of colour, symbol and meaning, it is a feast for the eyes and the imagination. It is a wonderful glimpse into the past made even more interesting by the wonderful and informative Baba House guides. I loved it. It's absolutely top of my list of things to do in Singapore.

This is a beautifully restored, century-old house that once belonged to a peranakan Chinese family. I'm thankful for the fact that it was donated to NUS, and that NUS did a great job with its restoration. This has allowed us as members of the public to tour it and appreciate its history, as well as understand lesser known cultural facts. The volunteers caring for this place are very kind and hospitable indeed. I wasn't the easiest of visitors by showing up slightly late and trying to take photos of the inside despite signs stating it isn't allowed, but the volunteers were simply patient throughout. That it is free for Singaporeans, even with their weekday guided tours, is something I also appreciate very much - keeping in mind that similar places like The Intan charge upwards of 60 SGD for a simple visit! Thank you very much to the team who keeps this place open to all curious visitors! 🙇

We did a guided tour here. Very informative and comprehensive about the history of the house and Peranakan. I’m not a fan of museums, but the guided tour in Baba house I can definitely recommend!

The tour is only at 10 and lasts 1h. The volunteer who guided us was very passionate about the history of the house. Definitely worth a visit

Full disclosure: I'm currently a staff of NUS and took a catered tour for staff and students. Hence my experience might differ from the one given to the public. Nonetheless this house is beautiful (just look at the blue walls!) and worth a visit. Very unique Peranakan home in Singapore as we got to tour the inside rather than just admire the outside. The guide was very knowledgeable, and the artifacts inside were well preserved. In fact, the items are so precious that we couldn't take pictures inside for fear the flash will spoil the furniture... I took a similar tour in Maleka Malaysia, and while the general home layout is the same, the focus of the two tours were completely different. Hence, this tour is still worth going even if you've toured other historical Peranakan homes! But it does feel smaller compared to the one in Maleka. Heads up: no air-conditioning except for the newly added 3rd floor. It was HOT!

Reservation of tickets online is necessary. House itself is wonderfully curated to the 1920s with interesting architectural features of an ancestral home well conserved. Staff are friendly and will explain more about the house/artefacts/family if you ask

NUS Baba House was SUCH a beautiful sight to see. It was so interesting to learn about the history of the house and it's owners. We had a tour with Eugene and he was so knowledgeable and fun! Recommend buying tickets in advance, this tour is very popular so we had to buy quickly. You also can't take photos inside the house, but there are places to store your cameras and bags if you do bring them with you.

This place is only available via pre-bookings. But the museum is very well designed and well curated. I'd recommend it for any one interested about peranakan culture/heritage

The whole experience was very fruitful. Given the warm introduction by the guides on some historical background of how Baba comes about and how this house made it to their conservation and the generous people behind the donation for preservation. Locals can sign up for the tour for free, tourist will be required to pay a small fee. The whole experience takes about 30 - 45mins to complete. Remember to book in advance as reservation is usually full thus walk-in are usually turned down

This type of house can not be a self-guided tour because you don't learn in this case. Hopefully the guy in charge of overlooking on the second floor did as it was a guided tour and we learned a lot about the family habits and the house but on the first and third floor the 2 other people didn't give much information as if it was forbidden ! So this is not totally a success for us and we don't understand why we can not take pictures (without flash). Nevertheless, the house is beautifull with its furnitures inside. And it is a pitty to have all those trash bins in front of the house...

Nice place!

Very nice place to visit

The guides were very informative and the tour around thr neighbourhood was well-conducted. There are a lot of restrictions placed while inside the house to preserve the integrity of the building and pieces on display. For example there can only be 10 pax on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building as there are no columns to support both the levels.

Lovely and passionate volunteers explaining the house's, peranakan and the family history. I enjoyed the trip

Extremely interesting, with outstanding guide. No photos allowed inside but the 100+ year old architecture and now knowledge of the early families more than makes up for it.

Definitely a worth visit, it is a place full of history n story. The staffs are very professional to explain the stories of the place.

Interesting place to learn more about the local Peranakan history, architecture and heritage during the early 19th century. Self-guided visit is ok, but I would recommend the organised heritage tour.

Brilliant tour by Donald, who is simultaneously immensely knowledgeable and enjoyably engaging. The NUS Baba House is uniquely preserved to gain a deep and intimate view of the lives of a Peranakan family, going far more in biographical depth and personal realism than the Peranakan museum. Enjoyed this experience and will definitely return.

Very small museum but exploring a real peranakan house was quite interesting.

Not impressive as the one in Penang

Very nice place.

Antique house

Absolutely loved learning about the Perankan culture and history in Singapore. All the people were so knowledgeable and really brought the house to life. Make sure to book tickets in advance.

An absolute must see when visiting Singapore. The heritage is truely amazing and the tour guides not only have a wealth of knowledge but take pride in sharing and providing information. Would highly recommend. Thank you for a truly fascinating insight of Singapore’s history.

Beautiful historic building well conserved and researched by NUS. Would recommend to visit during the weekdays when the guided tours are running. Photography is not allowed which means you could concentrate on the material displayed in the house. Booking online in advance is necessary

This is my favourite museum in Singapore. It’s beautifully restored and curated and the guides are knowledgeable and articulate. Book well in advance as visits are by appointment only and they fill up fast.

The House is very cute and nice. It provides great insights in the Peranakan culture. The guides are very friendly and knowledgeable. Listening to their stories is great fun. Only one downside: no pictures allowed

Good example of how the Peranakan lived.

Wonderful tour of a well-preserved and restored house of a wealthy Chinese-Malay family. The house is beautiful, and the tour leader is very knowledgeable and charming.

Beautiful house and kind guides. Personally I was impressd by NUS Baba House than Pranakan museum. Good to work to maintain this old house.

Quaint historical building that a Peranakan family used to live in is now also a museum for Peranakan culture.

Space itself is great and fascinating but the guide (Yokiko?) was so slow and so unclear it was almost impossible to understand her which made for a waste of time.

Perfection. Visit here to learn about Peranakan life and shophouses --as well as high level shophousev restauration. A definite must-visit.

Well-preserved Peranakan house in an interesting area where we can learn much about urban landscape as well as multi-racial texture of society during colonial period!

Great gem, an actual Chinese peranakan house meticulously conserved. Tells the story of several generations of a Chinese trader family. Advanced booking only. The NUS (university) guide was extremely knowledgeable.

You have to book tickets in advance. Wonderful experience visiting the Baba house - the guides on each floor were so friendly, knowledgeable and engaging. I can only imagine that the guides tour would be super interesting.

Fascinating, but do allow extra time for the tour to run, otherwise like me, you'll have to rush off before taking the all important photos!

I went there for a school trip and was really rich of culture. Unfortunately you are not allowed to take any photos.

(Translated by Google) A meticulous place that conveys in an excellent way the course of history. The training was exciting and focused. In short, a pleasure. (Original) מקום מוקפד.מעביר בצורה מצויינת את מהלך ההיסטוריה. ההדרכה הייתה מרגשת ממוקדת. בקיצור תענוג.

A very interesting guided tour of the historical house. Learned about how people used to live in Singapore.

The guide has given us a very good taught to the history of this Babe House.

Fascinating!

Singapore's history

(Translated by Google) Experience Peranakan House (Original) 페라나칸 하우스 체험

Great guiding and beatiful place

Good place for history buff. Not as grand and elegant as its counterpart in melaka and penang,but big enough and with enough distinctive flavour as a Singapore style Baba house. 4 storeys,and comes with 2 peep holes on the 2nd floor (2 matriarchs). Also serves delicious ang ku kueh and chrysanthemum tea. Please visit the place!

(Translated by Google) Old house, restored and converted into a museum, showing how a wealthy Chinese family lived. The house was bought by the government when the family left Singapore The rehabilitation is very well done, although there are things that are not so old They give you a little explanation to learn more about the ancient history They do not allow to take interior pictures, the truth is that I do not see a logical reason .. I must emphasize in negative, that the only language in both the explanatory brochures and the guide is English or Mandarin, it seems that there is no other language. (Original) Antigua casa , rehabilitada y convertida en museo, donde se muestra cómo vivía una familia pudiente china . La casa fue comprada por el gobierno cuando la familia se marchó de Singapur La rehabilitación está muy bien hecha, aunque hay cosas que no son tan antiguas Te hacen una pequeña explicación para conocer algo más de la antigua historia No permiten hacer fotos interiores, la verdad que no veo una razón lógica.. Debo destacar en negativo, que el único idioma tanto en los folletos explicativos como el el guía es el inglés o el Mandarín, parece ser que no existe otro idioma ..

(Translated by Google) Super beautiful ! And renovated from floor to ceiling, it was more or less a ruin when they bought it. By cons no photos in it (Original) Super beau ! Et rénovée du sol au plafond, c'était plus ou moins une ruine quand ils l'ont acheté. Par contre pas de photos dedans

Curated to display the early 20th century domestic life and culture of the Peranakan Chinese, Baba House/museum is one of my favourite places in Singapore. Entry fee: 10SGD (cash only), visit length: 30-60 minutes.

norhing much to see except for some old time building

(Translated by Google) Very exciting and educational. Beautiful revival of the house and extensive guidance in English. Very interesting historical place. Excellent show around with English speaking guide. The Baba house is in good condition and will be back in the early days. (Original) Sehr spannend und lehrreich. Schöne Wiederbelebung des Hauses und umfangreiche Führung in Englisch. Very interesting historical place. Excellent show around with English speaking guide. The Baba house is in nice condition and put you back to the earlier days.

(Translated by Google) Warning! RV tours only (Original) Attention! Visites sur RV seulement

A must for tourist and local who wants to know a little more of the Peranakan or Straits born heritage. The inter marriage of the immigrants with idigenious locals .Gi to website and book free for local n PR and $10 for foreigners

A place dedicate to the Baba's but NUS is not welcoming people to visit especially local like me… they rolls eyes when ask where are you from.

Well-curated museum giving a glimpse into the life of a Peranakan Chinese family. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable. No photography is allowed inside the house. The third level was temporarily closed for upgrading when we visited in Sep 2020.

A hidden gem in Outram Road. We consider ourselves privileged to have been able to visit it. A well curated tour detailing the intricate details of the house and the Peranakan culture.

Super interesting place that you can visit with a guide.

great museum full of original peranakan furniture and staffed by friendly guides

Great museum for those who want to see how Peranakans lived in Singapore 100 years ago.

(Translated by Google) The house in Singapore is really strong! ! (Original) 新加坡的房子真结实！！

A must see But you need tickets that you can get from their website. No photos inside.

Hidden Gem! Lovely little Baba House to tour and the guides are knowledgeable. Must pre-book to enter

It was nice experience, I recommend spend time to know more about interesting Peranakan culture. Book online in advance

Great authentic Peranakan house museum.

Wonderful experience. If you are interested in Peranakan culture you should visit this place. They have great guide and you'll have a good time here

Very knowledgeable guides sharing interesting anecdotes of the history of the peranakans who used to live in the same building. Besides the history, I also learned a lot about architectural conservation.

Amazing experience, this is first time for me to see real heritage house in Singapore. We signed up for a self-guided tour but there are staffs inside to provide answers to our questions, they are very friendly and helpful. The house is really beautiful, with lots of details in decorations, furnitures, etc. definitely a worth exploring experience.

Beautifully done building. Enjoyed my visit with the guide. Would have been better with a guide that is more trained in explanation of the restoration work and structure. Maybe next time

Beautifully preserved historical house. Educational exhibitions on how it was preserved. Dedicated staff who conduct small group tours. Important place to learn more about this unique culture.

(Translated by Google) Attention, bookings are taken more than 2 months in advance! Take appointment by email because no visit if no reservation. (Original) Attention, les réservations se prennent plus de 2 mois à l'avance !!! Prendre rdv par email car pas de visite si pas de résa...

By appointment only so don't traipse over there without an appointment