Singapore History Museum

Hi guys,

Some time back, i made my way to the Singapore History Museum which was close the one close to Bras Basah. I have been to many museums around Singapore, as well as around the world, and let me assure you, that this is no boring museum>

Firstly, most of the rooms as well as exhibitions there are interactive and interesting, whereby they do teach us something regarding Singapore's history, as well as give us extra information. These rooms also give us a first-hand experience, as we are able to look at the artifacts first hand, and also look at the descriptions about them. Next, there are audio guides to guide us along, which is an interactive device, and it basically explains all the exhibits found. We can also choose to have a tour guide to guide us around, which was indeed better as we could ask the tour guide questions regarding the museum.

Next, there was usually two different ways for a person to take, and he can take both by walking back to the other. One path is known as the personal path, which brings one through a person's experiences of living at that time by piecing together various artifacts as well as journals found. The other path is then known as the events path, which just goes through the entire history, via the various events, thus teaching us more about Singapore's history, as well as let us have a better understanding as we are taught using artifacts.

In my opinion, my favourite route was the Japanese Occupation group. It has taught us the most number of things, such as some weapons which were actually on ships at that time, as well as some artifacts which are found at that time and displayed, for example, personal possessions found at beaches where Sook Ching took place.

All in all, I feel that this was indeed an interesting experience, and that I look forward to more of such museums.

~Gordon