Cultural and Historic Places in Singapore from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Singapore includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The dataset is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. It is useful for heritage protection, cultural mapping, and tourism context.

Use Cases

• Map cultural amenities for tourism planning based on OSM tourism and amenity tags.
• Identify historic sites for heritage protection based on historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of cultural venues like museums and galleries.
• Cross-reference field knowledge with volunteered geographic information for local mapping.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14.

Geography

Singapore