The National Museum was gazetted as a National Monument on 14 February 1992.


This white building along Stamford Road is easily one of Singapore’s most recognisable structures. Established on 12 October 1887, the National Museum of Singapore is Singapore’s oldest existing museum. In its prime, it was integral in preserving research and specimens that document the natural history of Singapore and the Malayan region. It served as the repository of zoological specimens, had a good reputation, and boasted an immense collection gathered from around the region. New wings and sections were continually added to house the growing collection.

In 1972, the zoological specimens were transferred to the zoological department of the University of Singapore (now National University of Singapore) to allow the museum to shift its focus to documenting Singapore’s history, culture and art.

The museum’s zoological efforts since its opening provided a strong foundation and paved the way for the current Department of Biological Sciences in the National University of Singapore which is dedicated to provide the best education and research opportunities in the study of biological sciences for today’s students.

City Hall was gazetted as a National Monument on 14 February 1992.


This commanding building at the heart of the civic district is a key figure in Singapore’s government. Originally known as the Municipal Building, it officially opened on 23 July 1929, and had witnessed key milestones in the country’s past. Before it became Singapore’s City Hall, the building had housed the country’s Municipal Council, served as a public shelter during the Japanese attacks and thereafter the municipal headquarters for the Japanese. It also bore witness to the occupying forces’ official surrender on 12 September 1945 and war hero Lim Bo Seng’s funeral on 13 January 1946.

When Singapore was declared a City of the British Commonwealth in 1951 — an elevation from its town status, giving the colony a new set of liberties, privileges and immunities — the building was renamed City Hall. It was also here that the country’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his eight cabinet ministers were sworn in forming the nation’s first fully elected government in 1959.

While the building has been relieved of its government duties, City Hall still stands proud in its full glory thanks to restoration efforts through the years. These days, it serves a different function as part of the National Gallery Singapore, which opened on 24 November 2015, and is currently the country’s largest museum focusing on Southeast Asian and Singaporean art.

Anderson Bridge was gazetted as a National Monument on 15 October 2019.


Anderson Bridge was one of the earliest bridges in Singapore that was built with a strong purpose that serves as a reminder of Singapore’s continuous development. It was also the country’s first steel bridge, signifying an advancement of engineering technology from cast iron to steel. While Cavenagh Bridge is much celebrated today as the country’s oldest bridge across the Singapore River, the construction of Anderson Bridge was the one that signaled progressive modernisation and improvements to Singapore’s overall mobility making the country a flourishing trading port and a transport hub.

Anderson Bridge, which opened on 12 March 1910, was built to ease the traffic flow at Cavenagh Bridge. As a result of the town’s rapid progression, the latter could no longer accommodate the growing vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and thus a new bridge — Anderson Bridge — was commissioned.

Looking at Singapore’s current modernity, it is not hard to imagine that our Tiny Red Dot had world class public transport in the 1930s — the country’s trolley bus system was the largest around during its time. Even now, mobility in the country is still considered top notch and showing no signs of slowing down. As Singapore embraces the future with electric mobility, Audi is equally excited to be part of this greener future.