A NEW museum will be set up in Singapore to encourage religious tolerance and harmony.

In announcing it yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Harmony in Diversity Museum will display artefacts that focus on the common features across religions.

The museum, details of which have yet to be finalised, is to be established by the younger leaders of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO).

They will also work with schools to incorporate the museum as part of the learning journeys for students, Mr Lee said at the IRO’s 66th anniversary dinner which he hosted last night.

The IRO leaders are also planning to join forces with scholars – including those from the Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies – to develop a database of information on the different religions here, he said.