“From Emporium to Singapore City: Mapping the Journey” is Singapore’s first-ever historical map exhibition, jointly organised by SLA and the National Archives Board (NAS), covering 135 years of Singapore’s history (1819-1959) through maps.

The map exhibition will tour three regional libraries and Atrium@Orchard for a few weeks. The remaing dates to visit this exhibition based on the SLA press release of 24 April 2008, are:

• Ang Mo Kio Community Library (Level 1):
  • 3 May -12 May (10am-9pm)
• Jurong Regional Library (Level 1):
  • 13 May (12pm-9pm)
  • 14 May – 25 May (10am-9pm)
• The Atrium@Orchard:
  • 26 May (12pm-9pm)
  • 27 May – 1 June (9am-9pm)

Singapore River, as seen in the Coleman Town Map, 1836.

Map expert Mok Ly Yng visited the exhibition and annotated every photo of every single map of the old map exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum, held on 23 April 2008 (Wed) until he ran out stamina! Visit his Google Picasa album of flash-free, hand-held photos and study the notes to enhance your experience.

See also “History of Mapping in Singapore 1819-2002 by Mok Ly Yng,” (yesterday.sg, 21 Feb 2007).

Thanks to Ly Yng for raising awareness about this rare opportunity.