This photograph was taken outside the Raffles Museum - renamed the Syonan Museum during the Japanese Occupation and now the Singapore History Museum. Built by the British with public education in mind, the museum was over half a century old and had a rich collection of artefacts and exhibits from the Straits Settlements during the Japanese Occupation. Fortunately, the museum was spared from serious physical damage as prominent Japanese scientists and nobles shared with British officials the stewardship of the museum.(From right: Dr Haneda, Secretary Yoshii, Marquis Tokugawa, Secretaries Sugawata, Tsuchida, Omori and Ishii)
