War-history buffs will appreciate the permanent exhibition at Singapore’s Old Ford Factory, opened in 2017 to mark the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, at Singapore’s Old Ford Factory, where the British surrendered to the Japanese forces on February 15, 1942, signalling the beginning of a 3½-year occupation. Four sections display diary entries, identity cards, maps, newspapers clippings, medals and other artifacts of the era. You can roam around on your own, or take a free daily tour offered at 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; Saturdays 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.; and Sundays 2:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. The tours are first come, first served for a maximum of 20 people.
Singapore, Memories at Old Ford Factory, memorial to the surrender of Singapore to Japanese occupation WW2, , museum interior with prisoner of war, POW, statue.
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War-history buffs will appreciate the permanent exhibition at Singapore’s Old Ford Factory, opened in 2017 to mark the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, at Singapore’s Old Ford Factory, where the British surrendered to the Japanese forces on February 15, 1942, signalling the beginning of a 3½-year occupation. Four sections display diary entries, identity cards, maps, newspapers clippings, medals and other artifacts of the era. You can roam around on your own, or take a free daily tour offered at 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; Saturdays 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.; and Sundays 2:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. The tours are first come, first served for a maximum of 20 people.
