The Live Turtle And Tortoise Museum @ The Chinese Garden

Located right inside the Chinese Garden lies Singapore's - and probably the world's - only turtle and tortoise museum. It is a unique, and one-of-a-kind museum, which houses a varied collection of the reptiles including some endangered species on the CITES.

It also holds the Guinness World Record since 2005 for the largest collection of turtle and tortoise items.

Unfortunately for the museum, the site it is sitting on has been incorporated into the masterplan design of the Jurong Lake Gardens project.

This spells nothing but trouble for the 500 turtles and tortoises who have lost their home with nowhere to go.

With a heavy heart, I decided to pay the museum a visit, four days before they are slated to close - permanently.

Although most of them are housed in pens and aquariums, I am actually quite surprised that some of the land tortoises are free to walk around the compound much to the delight of the visitors, especially the kids.

The museum is in desperate need of funds to source for a new location.

If you wish to help the turtles and tortoises from an uncertain fate, you may donate any sum here. Or you have until the end of this week, to pay them a visit ($5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and children under 6 years old).

I wish the museum all the best.

The Live Turtle And Tortoise Museum is located inside Chinese Garden, just a few minutes walk away from the Chinese Garden MRT Station.