Singapura: 700 Years Exhibition At The National Museum Of Singapore

After visiting the Lee Kuan Yew memorial exhibition on level 2 of the National Museum, I proceeded to the basement to visit another exhibition - Singapura: 700 Years.

History is one of my favorite subject in school so how could I miss it?

I studied South East Asia history in school and I would like to attribute my keen interest in the subject to my history teacher, Ms Lau Gek Moi who made lessons unboring.

Entering the gallery, I was thrown back into the pre-Colonial days when the then Temasek was still a Sultanate. Suddenly, familiar terms like Parameswara, Palembang, and the Majapahit Empire all came flooding back.

A diorama depicting a view of Commercial Square in the 1850s

All along, I have thought that "Keling" was a generic derogatory term to call the Indian/Tamils

In 1942, the Japanese Forces forced their way into our homeland. General Percival surrendered to General Yamashita at the Ford Factory thus began our darkest history.

Ration card to purchase cooking oil

Operation Sook Ching

This is a diorama depicting Japanese soldiers screening Chinese men during the Japanese Occupation in Singapore. From 21 February to 04 March 1942, the Japanese carried out Operation Sook Ching to weed out anti-Japanese elements among the Chinese community.

This diorama shows the issue of the merger with the Federation being discussed on the streets of Singapore.

A living room setup of a typical  HDB flat in the 1970s

Sierra 222 CTV 26 Television console clad in hardwood frame








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This exhibition is held at galleries 1 and 2 at the basement of the National Museum from 10am to 6pm daily. The exhibition is from now till 10 August 2015.