Old Ford Factory

Exterior of the Old Ford Factory

Past:
Before World War 2 This building was a Ford factory. During the war, Singapore was occupied by the Japanese and the Ford factory became a place where the japanese would service their machines. The Ford Factory resumed operations after the war in 1947 and was finally shut down in June 1980.




Before being transformed into a museum the Ford factory was bought by the Hume industry. Then on  15 February 2006 the government announced that it would gazette the historic factory for preservation as a national monument. 

The metal characters mean "Peace"

Present: It is now a museum that exhibits the Synonan years (When singapore was under japanese rule) 1942-1945. The whole purpose of this museum is to educate us about our past so that we won't make the same mistakes. Changes made to this factory was that it underwent a 2-year facelift to become what it is today.


Pictures:All of the pictures are taken from inside the ford mueseum

The Entrance to the exhibit inside the museum

A kerosine lamp and rifles used in WW2

Types of grenades used in WW2

Video: This is one of the 41 memories from people that lived through WW2 that has been exhibited in this museum.

Sources: http://www.s1942.org.sg/s1942/moff/about1.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Ford_Motor_Factory 
and the kind staff at the Old Ford Factory museum who let me interview them to get some information.