Oct
30
2008
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25 October 2008 to 15 March 2009
10 am to 9 pm daily (Closed on public holidays)
National Library Building, Level 10
This exhibition is based on the Koh Seow Chuan Collection of legal documents and maps. The documents capture the names of prominent people in early Singapore while the street maps link their names to the street names. Brought to you by National Library Singapore.
For more information visit http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg
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Must make a point to go for this.
BTW, somehow, the post doesn’t appear on the comment link.
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 4:39 pm
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Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
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Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I went to the exhibition already. Wah, didn’t know they have a floor with so much space. Good place for gathering, read book or napping.
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 3:58 am
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