The Albatross File: Singapore’s Independence Declassified
Find out about The Albatross File: Singapore’s Independence Declassified.
Last updated 20 July 2026
Open to the public – book your tickets now!
Permanent exhibition
10:00am - 9:00pm (Closed on Public Holidays; Closes at 5.00pm on eve of Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year)
Level 10, National Library Building
Revisit the moments that led to Singapore's separation from Malaysia – in the footsteps of our founding leaders. The Albatross File: Singapore's Independence Declassified exhibition takes you behind closed doors, into the complex journey from merger to separation.
Based on the book The Albatross File: Inside Separation and supplemented by newly declassified documents and oral history accounts, explore the uncertainty, conviction, and tensions that defined 1963 to 1965, leading to the birth of an independent Singapore.
Watch SM Lee's speech at the launch of the Albatross File Book and Exhibition:
