History

Virtual Reality (VR) Tours of olden Singapore

BALIKSG app - learn about the early development of Singapore as a British trading post

An Old New World - digital exhibition to learn about how the region was like 200 years before the founding of Singapore

Every Body Plays a Part - digital exhibition about the evolution and development of public health in Singapore

Home, Truly: Growing up with Singapore 1950s to the present - digital exhibition 

Various online exhibitions by NLB

Virtual tours of museums and places of historical relevance 

• Smithsonian Museum of American History

• National Gallery

• British Museum

Story Maps of different areas in Singapore

Virtual News Gallery - newspaper articles on key historical events in Singapore and a game to distinguish between real and fake news

National Library’s From the Stacks - videos featuring letters, documents, newspapers and a map written or printed during a particular period in the history of Singapore

• Chart of a Skirmish between the Dutch and the Portuguese in the Johor River – from 1606, during the era of the Johor Sultanate

• Letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to Lord Lansdowne – from the 1820s, after the British established a trading post in Singapore

• Collection of Business Documents on the Seletar Rubber Estates Limited – from 1909 to 1921, when Singapore became a major processor and exporter of rubber

• The Syonan Shimbun – from 1942 to 1945, during the Japanese Occupation

On Paper: Singapore Before 1867 - digital flipbook that recount Singapore’s early history from 17th to 19th centuries

Booklist

History This Week - podcast series by the History Channel highlights momentous events which happened in history

History Fangirl - podcast series to learn about significant and fascinating historical sites around the world

History of Japan Podcast - weekly show covering Japanese history from the origins of the country to present-day politics