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The National Library traces its history back to 1823 with the establishment of the first national public library as suggested by Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. It was renamed the Hullett Memorial Library in 1923, co-located with Singapore's first school, Raffles Institution , at a site now occupied by the Raffles City ...
The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore. The board manages the public libraries throughout the country. [1] The national libraries of Singapore house books in all four official languages of Singapore: English, Chinese, Malay and ...
The Old National Library Building was a historical library building at Stamford Road in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore. Originally completed in 1960, the library building was a national icon for many Singaporeans. Despite a huge groundswell of public dissent, the library was closed on 31 March 2004, and was demolished in July that year ...
Statue of Stamford Raffles, the first British governor of Singapore This is a timeline of Singaporean history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Singapore and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Singapore. See also the list of years in Singapore. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy ...
Central Public Library. Cheng San Public Library. Choa Chu Kang Public Library. Clementi Public Library. Geylang East Public Library. Jurong West Public Library. library@chinatown. library@esplanade. library@harbourfront (Replaced Bukit Merah Public Library, opened in 2019)
Queenstown Public Library is one of the 26 public libraries established by the National Library Board of Singapore. It was the first full-time Branch Library to be built by the National Library in its plan to decentralise home reading services. It pioneered several firsts amongst Branch Libraries, including becoming the first fully air ...
Website. Official website. library@orchard (Chinese: 乌节图书馆) is a public library under the National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore. Initially located on level 5 of Ngee Ann City on Orchard Road in the Central Area of Singapore, library@orchard was opened by Lee Yock Suan, Minister for Information and the Arts on 21 October 1999.
"Singapore Infopedia" from Singapore's National Library Board; numerous well-researched and well-documented essays on key events and important figures, as well as topics regarding culture, architecture, nature, etc. Singapore History The biographical and geographical histories are of particular interest.