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This A G.R. Lambert & Co. 1902 photograph shows the entrance of Raffles Library and Museum, located at the present Stamford Road. The museum was designed in Neo-Palladian and Renaissance style and consists of two rectangular parallel blocks, with a dome at the front of the building. Metal gates with stone posts surround the grounds. The building is now known as the National Museum of Singapore. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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