Museums of Malaysia

Malaysia is a country with a rich history and cultural traditions . You can get to know them better by visiting museums in Malaysia.

Museums in the capital

Since the most visited tourist place of the country is its capital, first you should note the most interesting museums of Kuala Lumpur . It:

1. Museum of Islamic Art . It is located near the National Mosque . It consists of several galleries dedicated to Islamic manuscripts and the Koran, architecture, furniture, jewelry, ceramic and glass products, armor.
2. The National Museum of Malaysia is dedicated to the history of the country and its culture. Visitors are expected to get acquainted with archaeological finds, collections of weapons, fabrics and clothing, Malay headgear, dolls of traditional theater, musical instruments. The building of the museum was built in the style of a traditional Malay house.
3. The Police Museum of Malaysia is located near the Museum of Islamic Art. He talks about the police history of the country from the colonial era to the present day. Here you can see the form, transport, weapons, get acquainted with the biographies of both outstanding law enforcement officers and famous criminals.
4. The National Science Center consists of 9 galleries where interesting scientific expositions are located. In addition, it has an aquarium with an underwater tunnel, a scientific educational park in which various representatives of the local fauna live, and a corner of the inventor. The building of the museum is also noteworthy.
5. The National Gallery of Fine Arts offers visitors a collection of more than 2500 pieces of fine art by contemporary Malaysian and foreign authors.
6. The Museum of the Royal Air Force is dedicated to the history of aviation in the country. It is located on the site of the oldest international airport in Sanjay Besi, on the territory of KL Airbase, the oldest base in Malaysia.
7. The Royal Museum until 2011 was the official royal residence, in 2013 it was opened to visitors as a museum.
8. In the National Planetarium, you can see an exhibition dedicated to the exploration of outer space. In addition, here is the Museum of Merry Science, where students can see interesting scientific experiments and study chemistry, physics and other sciences in a playful form.
9. The National Bank's Museum of Money operates under the auspices of the National Bank of Malaysia. Here you can see an exhibition of Islamic money, get acquainted with the history of the bank, and also admire the art objects.

Other mainland museums in Malaysia

In other cities of the country there are also many interesting museums:

1. The rice museum operates in Alor Setar , the capital of Kedah's agrarian state, dedicated to the country's main agricultural crop. The architecture of the museum itself is amazing - it is made in the form of bushels for rice, stacked on top of each other. Here you can find out how rice was grown and processed earlier and how it is happening now.
2. The archaeological museum in the Bujang valley is a huge (224 sq. Km.) Archaeological park, where you can see what remains of the Hindu-Buddhist empire of Srivijaya, which existed here from about 200 to 1400.
3. The State Picture Gallery in Alor Setar offers to admire paintings, embroidery, wood carvings and other handmade products. In addition, there is a collection of musical instruments.
4. The Kedach State Museum is also located in Alor Setar; he tells about the area, which, judging from the data obtained during excavations, was the cradle of ancient Buddhist civilization.
5. The Batik Museum of Art in Georgetown is dedicated to one of the symbols of Malaysia, an art that is developed here at the highest level - batik.
6. The Literary Museum is located in Malacca . He talks about the evolution of the writing of Malaysia and the history of writing materials development. Here you can also see old letters, as well as works of Malaysian authors.
7. The Museum of Beauty in Malacca is dedicated to the standards of beauty and their change, starting with the most ancient. It is possible to get acquainted with such traditional methods of "decoration" as scarring, tattooing, stretching of lips with a disc, correction of the shape of the skull, restriction of the growth of feet.
8. The Maritime Museum in Malacca is the most visited in Malaysia, every month it receives 20 thousand visitors. The museum is dedicated to the sea domination of Malacca in the region. It is a copy of the Portuguese ship Flor de la Mar, sunken off the coast of Malacca.

Museums of Borneo

The island also has several interesting museums:

1. The State Museum of the State of Sabah is located in Kota Kinabalu . This is a large museum complex, which includes an art gallery, ethnographic, archaeological and historical expositions, a scientific and technical center, a botanical garden, a mini zoo, a museum of Islamic civilization and an ethnographic village.
2. The State Museum of Sarawak is in Kuching . It is the oldest museum on the island, it has been operating since 1891. In its exposition - a collection of representatives of the fauna of the state and the island as a whole, a collection of minerals, artifacts.
3. The oil museum in Kuching talks about the process of oil production and processing, the role of this mineral in the history of the country's development.
4. The marine aquarium and museum is located in the building of the Malaysian University of Technology in Kota Kinabalu. Here you can see more than 60 varieties of corals, many fish that live in the state waters.
5. The cat museum in Kuching is 4 galleries where you can see everything related to cats: pictures and photos, an exhibition of advertising a variety of products for cats, a mummy cat from ancient Egypt.
6. The Textile Museum, or the Sarawak State Ethnic Garment Museum, is located in Kuching. It offers visitors to admire ethnic costumes and learn about the development of the textile industry in the state.
7. The Islamic Museum in Kuching tells about the history and culture of the Islamic community of Sarawak.