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:: Steps to Conducting Your Own Oral History Project

A guide to recording and documenting the experiences of people around you.

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:: Singapore's period of darkness

Learn more about our World War II history.

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS


Prof. Luciana Duranti, Director InterPARES & DRF projects, speaking at the “E-Discovery Challenge: Digital Wasteland or Digital Oasis” seminar held at Asian Civilisations Museum between 2 to 4 November 2010. Guest speakers from Australia, Canada, Germany and Singapore engaged the audience by sharing their experience and insight on topic such as digital records management, cyber-security and copyright access to 142 participants.


On 1 and 2 November 2010, NAS organised a one-and-a-half day programme for six delegates from the Macao Historical Archives. The programme focused on providing the delegates with a deeper understanding of NAS’ digitization initiatives, integrated knowledge management and archives appraisal.


From 4 to 8 October 2010, two audio-visual and microfilm specialists from the National Records and Archives Authority of Oman visited NAS for a five-day attachment. The trainees participated in practical sessions at the Archives Conservation and Image Preservation Laboratories. They were also given a demonstration of NAS’ Electronic Registry System.


A group of seven visitors from Tan Kah Kee Museum from Xiamen, China were given a tour in NAS on 27 July 2010. They were impressed with the technique used by NAS during the demonstration of the conservation process of paper document.


Director NAS Mr Pitt Kuan Wah in the paper document conservation office during his visit to Yunnan Provincial Archives on 19 July 2010.

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NEWS


28 museums and heritage galleries from Asia and 22 from Europe have contributed around 1000 masterpieces to the Virtual Collection of Masterpieces (VCM). Read more...






Who is Mr HDB? Who drafted our Proclamation of Independence and the Pledge?  Find out about these and more at the exhibition, which commemorates the achievements of the First Cabinet of the Republic of Singapore.  Read More


There was a time when postal codes consisted of only 4 digits and when the Singapore River was a scene of filth lined with shacks and roadside hawkers. There was also a time when people wondered how the MRT, the most popular mode of public transport today, could actually impact their lives and when farmers got paid for their crops when asked to relocate. Those were the years between 1975 and 1985, the second decade that follows the first 10 years of independence. It was a time of both opportunities and obstacles; a time for improvements and new challenges.   Read More




 

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WHAT'S NEW & NEWS
Remembrance Ceremony
(Fall of Singapore) on 15 Feb 2012

Enquiry line for Remembrance Ceremony (Fall of Singapore) on 15 February 2012 at Kranji War Memorial will be open from 1st Feb 2012 to 15th Feb 2012. 9am to 6pm, excluding weekends. Tel: 6488 2183.

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70th Anniversary for the Fall of Singapore

For information regarding events and activities in February for the 70th Anniversary for the Fall of Singapore, please visit:
Memories at Old Ford Factory and Reflections at Bukit Chandu will be open everyday in February 2012.
NAS Diorama Contest
Create your own model of a scene in Singapore during World War Two and you can stand to win prizes of up to $1,500! Download the attached form to register for the contest. Terms and conditions apply. Please see the registration for more details. Contest closes 31 January 2012.
For more information, please email nhb_nasreg@nhb.gov.sg.

Available Now!

The Causeway

Come on down to National Archives of Singapore to see a video on the Causeway. Click here to see the trailer!

Reflections & Memories of War Volume 1: Battle for Singapore - Fall of the Impregnable Fortress
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Milestones of the China-Singapore Connection: Friendship and Cooperation, Growing from Strength to Strength, 1965–2010

Nanqiao Jigong: The Extraordinary Story of Nanyang Drivers and Mechanics Who Returned to China During the Sino-Japanese War

The latest additions to our series of publications. Find out more

What do you know of Singapore in 1957?
1957 was a year when Singapore experienced dynamic changes on the road to nationhood. While the Federation of Malaya gained its independence on 31 August that year, Singapore was still finding its own path as a fledgling nation. Dedicated statesmen fought fervently for Singapore’s right to political self-determination. Trade and agriculture were pillars of the Singapore economy, with industrial production fast becoming an increasingly important economic development. Local administrators tackled the issues of high crime rate and overcrowding by building new housing estates, schools and hospitals across the island. The National Archives of Singapore is proud to present ‘What do you know of Singapore in 1957?’ This exhibition of photographs, plans and records will give a fruitful insight on how Singapore was like economically, politically and socio-culturally.


  • 10 Years That Shaped a Nation, 1965-1975

  • The 2nd Decade - Nation Building in Progress,
    1975-1985

Workshop on Preservation of Recorded Heritage for ASEAN Countries
The Workshop on Preservation of Recorded Heritage for ASEAN Countries was held at the National Archives of Singapore from 8-19 March 2010. The two-week Workshop aimed to equip participants with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills on preservation, conservation and archives management, and included an interesting mix of lectures, hands-on sessions and site visits. Read more


“Spice Frontiers” is back. Discover Singapore's "spicy" past in this exhibition which aims to provide an historical overview of spice cultivation in Singapore, the hardships of the planters during the heady days of the spice trade, and the various uses of spices in our everyday life.  Read more

NAS, in collaboration with the State Archives Administration of China and Yunnan Provincial Archives, presents a travelling exhibition on the extraordinary story of brave volunteer drivers and mechanics from Nanyang (Southeast Asia) who responded patriotically to their motherland’s call for help during the Sino-Japanese war. Between February and August 1939, some 3,200 volunteers from various parts of Nanyang returned to China. One-third of them eventually died in the line of duty.  Read more

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