Former Ford Factory

The Former Ford Factory is a gazetted national monument and history museum at 351 Upper Bukit Timah Road in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Built in 1941 as Ford Motor Works' first automobile assembly plant in Southeast Asia, it is notable as the site where British forces surrendered to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Managed by the National Archives of Singapore, it presents permanent exhibitions on World War II and the Japanese Occupation.

Visitors can expect a conserved colonial-era factory building housing a permanent World War II exhibition. The interior features archival photographs, documents, oral history recordings, and multimedia displays covering pre-war Singapore, the fall of Singapore, the Japanese Occupation, and post-war memories. The former boardroom where the surrender took place is preserved. The setting is indoor, air-conditioned, with interpretive panels and guided tour options.

Built in October 1941 as Ford Motor Works' assembly plant, the first Ford plant in Southeast Asia. On 15 February 1942, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival surrendered British forces to Lieutenant-General Tomoyuki Yamashita in the factory's boardroom, marking the fall of Singapore during World War II. Used by Nissan during the Japanese Occupation. Gazetted as a National Monument on 15 February 2006. Converted into an exhibition gallery and later reopened in 2017 as a permanent World War II museum under the National Archives of Singapore.

Serves as a key site of memory for World War II and the Japanese Occupation in Singapore, preserving collective wartime experiences through archival records and oral histories. Functions as an educational resource on resilience and post-war nation-building.