National Treasures of Singapore

The national treasures of Singapore are artifacts deemed to have significant historical importance to the country of Singapore.

List

Below is a list of artifacts considered to be National Treasures by the National Museum of Singapore.^[1]

S/N	Name	Description	Year	Image	Ref
1	Singapore Stone	The Singapore Stone is a fragment of a large sandstone slab which originally stood at the mouth of the Singapore River, believed to date back to at least the 13th century and possibly as earlier.	Unknown		[1][2]
2	Portrait of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham	Portrait of the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States, by John Singer Sargent	1904		[1][2]
3	Last will and testament of Munshi Abdullah	Munshi Abdullah is widely considered as the father of modern Malay literature and was scribe and copyist for Sir Stamford Raffles.	1854		[1]
4	Mace of the City of Singapore	Chinese philanthropist Loke Wan Tho in conjunction with King George VI granting Singapore a Royal Charter in 1951	1951		[1]
5	Daguerreotype view from Fort Canning Hill	By French customs service officer Alphonse-Eugene Jules	1844		[1]
6	Gold armlets and rings from Fort Canning	East Javanese style, found at Fort Canning Hill	1928		[1]
7	Portrait of Sir Shenton Thomas	GOVERNOR OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (1934-1946) by noted painter Xu Beihong	1939		[1]
8	Natural history drawings of flora and fauna	Collection of 477 drawings commissioned by William Farquhar	19th century		[1]
9	A wooden hearse	Used for the funeral of Chinese philanthropist Tan Jiak Kim	1917		[1]
10	Embroidered Chinese coffin cover	One of the largest of its kind in existence in Singapore	unknown		[1]
11	A glove puppet stage	Belonging to the Fujian puppet troupe, Xin Sai Le	1930s		[1]