The CCL station features an Art-in-Transit video work The Amazing Neverending Underwater Adventures!

[6][7] Contract 825 for the design and construction of Bras Basah station and associated tunnels was awarded to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. (Singapore) Pte Ltd and a joint venture with Woh Hup and NCC at a sum of S$343.9 million (US$192 million) on 19 December 2001.

[8][9] To facilitate the construction, on 10 June 2002, part of Bras Basah Road had to be temporarily realigned.

[15] The station initially had the working name "Museum",[6] which was subsequently changed to its current name in 2005 through a public poll.

It is also the station with the longest escalator in the MRT network at 41 metres (135 ft), stretching from the ticket concourse to the transfer level and takes approximately one minute to travel.

[23] The ventilation shafts of the station blends into the landscape, avoiding obstruction of the view across the site to the surrounding civic buildings.

The work was installed as part of the Art-in-Transit (AiT) programme — a showcase that integrates public artwork in the MRT network.

The video depicts the protagonist Desyphus, a "perpetual commuter", on a quest aboard the Circle line.

[27] During the journey, the protagonist fights against "Life's Big Quirks, Ecstasies and Agonies", while exploring points of interest and creating "smaller tales" that will contribute to the "(hi-)stories" of Bras Basah.

[29] The scenes in the videos were taken from several sources, including the artist's own travels to London and Tokyo, an underwater shoot and rare archival footage showing the demolition of the old national library near the station.

[30] While juxtaposing the text, visuals and audio, Tan intended to show the complex relationship and tension between words and images.