National Day Istana Open House on Aug 2 to be held virtually

SINGAPORE - The National Day Istana Open House will be held online this year, with visitors getting a tour of rarely-seen features such as an air-raid shelter located in a cellar.Another feature typically closed to the public is a 14.5m-deep well that sits on the side of the Istana's main building.

The hour-long event will be hosted on President Halimah Yacob's Facebook and Instagram platforms on Aug 2 from 10am, one week before National Day. The event is being hosted online amid the coronavirus pandemic with the multimedia tour organised by The Straits Times. Visitors can interact with an artefact from the National Museum in a curated digital space called"Zoom into History", while the Asian Civilisations Museum will present sneak previews of the its virtual galleries and National Day programme.

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