Join us over for programmes across two weekends to celebrate the launch of our new travelling exhibition, Don’t Play Play – The Games That Shape Us. 

Don’t Play Play – The Games That Shape Us is a travelling exhibition showcases the games many of us grew up with and explores how these games have brought people together across generations in Singapore. 

Together with the launch event – Come Play Play, celebrate the spirit of play and community through the playing of board games in Singapore. Through board games, it highlights our shared collective memories growing up with these games, and the local groups and spaces that continue to bring people together today.

Gather your friends for board game sessions with #laiplayleow, meet local game designers, and try out games inspired by our local culture.

Get creative with artist collective, PLAY!, at screen printing booths and make your own monopoly tokens with air-dry clay.

Date and Time

• 13 June 2026, 11am – 5pm
• 14 June, 11am – 4pm

Meet our local board games communities —Damai Board Games Community, Scrabble Association, and Singapore Weiqi Association, and learn how to play new board games or challenge them to a friendly game.

Try challenging a robot at a weiqi game! More hands-on craft activities for all ages will be available.

Date and Time:

• 20 and 21 June 2026, 11am – 2pm

This is a drop-in event and no registration is required.

Please note that photos and/or videos may be taken. Visitors agree that NHB and the programme organiser(s) may take photographs and/or videos of them (or their child as applicable) and use the images and/or videos including to archive, exhibit and publish them for publicity or any other NHB purposes.