I still hear the bells of the past ringing in my ears…

Part I

“History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it -- as with these -- life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life. Surely it is no accident that the study of history has been the solace of many of the noblest minds of every generation.” Henry Steele Commager.



The Singapore Museum is a place that houses our country’s heritage, culture and arts. Some background information on the Museum. The Museum houses The Singapore History gallery, which shows Singapore’s history from the 14th Century to the modern period.

The Museum also houses The Singapore Living Galleries; it also portrays the fashion, political, social and economic changes of the Singaporean women from the 1950s to the 1970s. The Living Galleries shows the Film & Wayang Gallery, which shows the development of the film industry in Singapore, from the Chinese opera to the western silent films. The Living Galleries also shows the Food gallery. Where it shows the Singapore Street life in the 1950s to the 1970s. The last gallery that is housed within The Living Galleries itself is the Photography Gallery. This shows families from the past in picture form.

We have sent a group of students who have gone to visit the museum on a raining day! As you can see from the picture, they are posing at the front entrance of the Museum.


You will see another pair of them posing at the steps that lead to the 2nd story of the museum, the steps that give a very grand and historic feeling.



They were advised by the curator to start their journey to the past by visiting the 2nd story of the Museum and ending their journey by going to the basement. Upon reaching the 2nd story, they were greeted by a row of Terra Cotta Chinese-like soldiers that were wearing headphones! On their sides were Chinese maidens holding laptops! Art work that is a fusion of the past and the modern?