椰风蕉雨亚答屋

First Museum And Library

The first museum in Singapore was established in 1823. A library was added in 1844. The museum and library were both housed at Raffles Institution until 1862. The Raffles’ Library and Museum opened on 12 Oct 1887 at Stamford Road. The name was subsequently changed to National Library and National Museum and operated separately.

第一间博物馆和图书馆

新加坡的第一间博物馆建于1823年。1844年里面增加了一间图书馆。直到1862年，博物馆和图书馆共用莱佛士书院里的同一个建筑。莱佛士图书馆和博物馆于1887年10月12日在史丹佛路开幕。后来才分开成为国家图书馆和国家博物馆。

First National Theatre

The first National Theatre was built in 1963, as a result of an architectural competition, to commemorate Singapore’s self-government in 1959. It was then the largest theatre in Singapore, with a capacity of 3,420 seats. It was demolished in 1986.

第一座国家剧院

第一座国家剧院建于1963年。设计来自纪念新加坡1959年自治的建筑比赛。曾经是西加坡最大的剧院，内设3420个座位。1986年拆除。

First Observatory

On 12 Sep 1840, 2LT Charles Morgan Elliot of the Madras Engineers established a ‘magnetic observatory’ of wood and granite with an attap roof at the bend of the Kallang River for the purpose of tide, rainfall and temperature reading. The observatory was moved to Fort Fullerton at the mouth of the Singapore River.

第一座天文台

1840年9月12日，马德拉斯工程师摩根·埃略特在加冷河湾建立了一个“磁力天文台”。该天文台是一间用木料和花岗岩搭建的亚答屋，用来观测潮汐、降雨和气温。后来，天文台迁到新加坡河口的浮尔顿炮台处。

First Orphanage

The earliest childcare for the disabled or abandoned children on record dates back to 1854 when the sisters of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) set up an orphanage alongside the school at Victoria Street.

第一间孤儿院

有记录的最早的收容残疾或被遗弃儿童的孤儿院可追溯到1854年圣婴修道院(CHIJ)的修女们在维多利亚街校舍旁设立孤儿院起算。

First Post Office

The first post office was started in 1827 in a room at the front of John Argyll Maxwell’s house (now Old Parliament House). By 1843 it expanded to a small building behind the house.

第一间邮政局