"The enormous,elegant Empress Place Building is a landmark colonial government-office structure that overlooks theSingapore River in thecentral business district. Since the early 2000s, it’s been home to the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM), considered one of the finest institutions in Asia. Its collection of Buddhist statues, textiles, porcelain, and other treasuresrepresents more than5,000years of history in China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world."