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In 1991 the Natural History Museum returned the works to the Society for valuation, and on 20 October 1993 the Society offered them for sale by auction at Sotheby's in London, where they were acquired by Goh Geok Khim, founder of the brokerage firm GK Goh, for S$3 million. Goh donated the drawings to the National Museum of Singapore in 1995.
Fetoscope may refer to: the kind of endoscope used in fetoscopy; fibreoptic scope for looking directly at the fetus, as opposed to a stethoscope used to listen the heart beat; the Pinard horn fetal stethoscope; Doppler ultrasound or Medical ultrasonography "wands"
In Singapore, they built a naval base at Sembawang, strengthened the air force and installed large 15-inch coastal guns. Singapore became known as the “Gibraltar of the East” or “Fortress Singapore”. At the same time, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 stirred up the Chinese community in Singapore. They formed ...
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 section of a library at the Singapore Institution [d] as the Raffles Library and Museum.
Joseph Bolivar DeLee (October 28, 1869 – April 2, 1942) [1] was an American physician who became known as the father of modern obstetrics. [2] DeLee founded the Chicago Lying-in Hospital, where he introduced the first portable infant incubator.
The main facade of Images of Singapore. See also: Media related to Images of Singapore (museum) at Wikimedia Commons Images of Singapore, at , is an historical museum in that exhibits the culture and history of Singapore using multi-media displays, multi-screen theatre presentations and lifesize tableaus depicting major events in Singapore's history
Images of Singapore (Sentosa) The Intan; JCU Museum of Video and Computer Games [1] Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (National University of Singapore) Little Mori's Silkworm Museum; Madame Tussauds Singapore (Sentosa) Mint Museum of Toys; NUS Museum (National University of Singapore) Red Dot Design Museum Singapore [2] The Republic of ...
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