Title
The Christmas Island bird exhibit at the Raffles Museum
Year/Period
Late 19th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: L20 x W15 (without frame)
L25.5 x W20.5 (with frame)
L25.5 x W20.5 (with frame)
Accession No.
1993-00385
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Sam Kai Faye
This is a photograph of a display of preserved Christmas Island birds at Raffles Museum. The Raffles Museum was a result of Thomas Stamford Raffles' idea of establishing a museum for Singapore to preserve the cultural heritage of Southeast Asia. It was thus named Raffles Museum after the founder. This bird display as part of the zoological collection is found today at the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research in the National University of Singapore.
