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Raffles Museum
, native_name_lang = , logo = , image = 2016 Singapur, Museum Planning Area, Narodowe Muzeum Singapuru (02).jpg , imagesize = 300 , caption = Entrance to the National Museum of Singapore , coordinates = , type = History Museum , accreditation = National Heritage Board , area = , location = 93 Stamford Road, Singapore 178897 , former_name = The Raffles Library and Museum , established = , architect = Henry McCallum J. F. McNairW Architects and I.M. Pei , director = Chung May Khuen , publictransit = Bras Basah Bencoolen , website = , mapframe-zoom = 16 The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean art, culture and history. Located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in the country, with its history dating back to when it was first established in 1849, starting out as a sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Singapore
The president of the Republic of Singapore, is the head of state of Singapore. The president represents the country in official diplomatic functions and possesses certain executive powers over the government of Singapore, including the control of the Reserves of the Government of Singapore, national reserves and the ability to revoke and appoint public service appointments. After Singapore achieved Self-governance of Singapore#Full internal self-government (1959–1963), full internal self-governance from the British Empire in 1959, the ceremonial office of the ''Yang di-Pertuan Negara'' ( "Lord of the State") was created. The office was later succeeded by the President of Singapore after Singapore's Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965, independence in 1965. The initial role of the president was largely ceremonial and symbolic, carrying limited residual powers; prior to 1991, the president was solely appointed by Parliament. Singapore follows a Head of state#Non-executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holograph Letter
An autograph or holograph is a manuscript or document written in its author's or composer's hand. The meaning of "autograph" as a document penned entirely by the author of its content (as opposed to a typeset document or one written by a copyist or scribe other than the author) overlaps with that of "holograph". Autograph manuscripts are studied by scholars (such as historians and paleographers), and can become collectable objects. Holographic documents have, in some jurisdictions, a specific legal standing. Related terms include ''archetype'' (the hypothesised form of an autograph), and ''protograph'' (the common ancestor of two closely-related witnesses which ultimately descended from the same autograph). For example, the Novgorodsko-Sofiysky Svod is the hypothetical protograph of the ''Novgorod Fourth Chronicle'' (NPL) and ''Sofia First Chronicle'', both of which are extant textual witnesses of the lost archetype, the ''Primary Chronicle'' (PVL). A ''paradosis'' is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamford Raffles
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British Colonial Office, colonial official who served as the List of governors of the Dutch East Indies, governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. Raffles was involved in Invasion of Java (1811), the capture of the Dutch East Indies, Indonesian island of Java from the French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies#French interregnum 1806–1811, Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars. It was returned under the Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1824. He also wrote ''The History of Java (1817 book), The History of Java'' in 1817, describing the history of the island from ancient times. The ''Rafflesia'' flowers were named after him. Raffles also played a role in further establishing the British Empire's reach in East Asia, East and Southeast Asia. He secured control over the strategically located Singapore from local rulers in 1819 to secure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KITLV - 105738 - Raffles Museum In Singapore - Circa 1900
The KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (, abbreviated as KITLV) at Leiden was founded in 1851. Its objective is the advancement of the study of the anthropology, linguistics, social sciences, and history of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Area, and the Caribbean. Special emphasis is laid on the former Dutch colonies of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Suriname, and the Dutch West Indies (the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba). Its unique collection of books, manuscripts, prints and photographs attracts visiting scholars from all over the world. On July 1, 2014, the management of the collection was taken over by Leiden University Libraries. Jakarta In 1969, a KITLV office was started by Hans Ras in Jakarta ("KITLV-Jakarta"), as a part of an agreement with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Here, publications from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are bought and given a place in the library of the institute, publications of the institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Objet D'art
In art history, the French term objet d'art (; ) describes an ornamental work of art, and the term objets d’art describes a range of works of art, usually small and three-dimensional, made of high-quality materials, and a finely-rendered finish that emphasises the aesthetics of the artefact. Artists create and produce ''objets d’art'' in the fields of the decorative arts and metalwork, porcelain and vitreous enamel; figurines, plaquettes, and engraved gems; ivory carvings and semi-precious hardstone carvings; tapestries, antiques, and antiquities; and books with fine bookbinding. The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, describes their accumulated artworks as a: "collection of ''objets d’art'' hichcomprises over 800 objects. These are mostly small, decorative art items that fall outside the scope of the Museum’s ceramic, plate, textiles and glass collections." The artwork collection also includes metal curtain ties, a lacquered ''papier-maché'' tray, tobacco boxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Gallery Singapore
, logo = National_Gallery_Singapore_logo.svg , image = Interior_of_the_National_Gallery_Singapore.jpg , caption = Interior of the National Gallery of Singapore with the airy corridors on 4 levels, the staircases and escalators, in the evening. , mapframe = yes , mapframe-caption = Interactive fullscreen map , mapframe-zoom = 15 , mapframe-marker = museum , mapframe-wikidata = yes , coordinates = , established = , dissolved = , location = 1 St. Andrew's Road, Singapore 178957 , type = Art museum , collections = Singaporean and Eastern art , collection_size = Approx. 9,000 objects , visitors = 1,723,916 (2023) , architect = studioMilou Singapore CPG Consultants , director = Dr Eugene Tan , chairperson = Peter Ho , publictransit = City Hall Esplanade Clarke Quay , website = The National Gallery Singapore, often known exonymously as the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peranakan Museum
, logo = The Peranakan Museum logo.svg , logo_upright = 1 , logo_size = 300px , image = Peranakan Museum.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = , map_type = , map_caption = , latitude = , longitude = , coordinates = , established = , dissolved = , location = Old Tao Nan School 39 Armenian Street, Singapore 179941 , type = Peranakan heritage of Singapore , visitors = , director = , curator = National Heritage Board , publictransit = City Hall Bras Basah , website = , mapframe-zoom = 15 The Peranakan Museum is a museum and gallery in the Museum district of Singapore that specialises in the country's Peranakan culture. It is the sister museum of the Asian Civilisations Museum. Conceived in 2006, it is the only museum of its kind in the world, exploring the history of Peranakan cultures in Singapore as well as other Peranakan communities in Southeast Asia. It is housed at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Art Museum
The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM) is an art museum with multiple venues across Singapore. It is the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important public collections by local and Southeast artists. It collaborates with international art museums to co-curate contemporary art exhibitions. SAM presents art across multiple spaces such as Tanjong Pagar Distripark, its heritage buildings and other partner venues across Singapore. The heritage buildings are located at two adjacent sites. The main building, dating back to 1955 is the former Saint Joseph’s Institution on Bras Basah Road; the second building known as the 'SAM at 8Q' was the former Catholic High School on Queen Street. The museum organised the Singapore Biennale in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019 and will continue to do so in 2022. History Officially opened on 20 January 1996, SAM is one of the first art museums with international-standard museum facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Tao Nan School
The Old Tao Nan School is a historic building in Singapore, located along Armenian Street, Singapore, Armenian Street in the Museum Planning Area, within the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area. The building was originally built for the Tao Nan School to serve the local Hokkien people, Hokkien community, but the school has since been relocated to its current location in Marine Parade. The building was then used as a wing of the Asian Civilisations Museum, and now houses the Peranakan Museum. It was gazetted as a National Monuments of Singapore, national monument on 27 February 1998. History Tao Nan School was set up by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, Singapore Hokkien Association (Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan) on 18 November 1906 to provide modern education for Hokkien Chinese children. It was the first Chinese school in Singapore to adopt modern subjects in its syllabus such as such as geography, history and physical education, in addition to traditional Chinese subjects such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Place Building
The Empress Place Building is a historic building in Singapore, located on the north bank of the Singapore River in the Downtown Core, within the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area in Singapore's central business district. The building is currently the second wing of the Asian Civilisations Museum. The other wing of the museum is located at the Old Tao Nan School building along Armenian Street. History During the British Empire, colonial era, the Empress Place Building was known simply as Government Offices. The first civic engagement, civic buildings were planned here in Sir Stamford Raffles' day. Originally intended to be a courthouse, the Empress Place Building instead became offices for the government departments located in the adjacent Maxwell's House (later the Old Parliament House, Singapore, old Parliament House). Maxwell's House, designed by George Drumgoole Coleman, was a two-storey house built for a merchant, John Argyle Maxwell, in 1827. However, it was neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
