National Archives of Singapore (NAS) was previously known as the National Archives and oral History Department in 1979, and was known as the National Archives and Records Centre(NARC) in 1968 which was established by an act of the parliament. Now the nation archives is an institution under the National Heritage Board, and currently located at Fort Canning Park.

National Archives of Singapore is a record keeper of Singapore, it holds and preserved many old and new collections from all kinds of different media, they include books, journal, reports and other text based media, photographs, floor plans, blueprints, videos, audio recordings and etc. This is a very good place for those who needs to or likes to research about the history around Singapore.

The National Archives also handles old and damage books and paper, repairing them to a readable state and patching damages that arrived with the book, the book is then layered with a harder paper then bind and preserved within a environment controlled area to prevent it from getting damage again. They also have documents from different organization or the government to preserve as a backup, these documents are processed into a microfilm. They also have rights to record down anything from the local media that they feel may have a value for storage in them, things like the national day celebration, the PM speeches and etc.

The NAS also have a web database system, access to archives, @2O which allows students who have to do research findings to get their research materials online, from there they can head down to the NAS to retrive the information that they need, or view more information from the research section there, and get it printed if possible.

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