DISCOVER MALAYSIA'S CULTURE AND LEGACY AT THESE MUST-SEE MUSEUMS
1. National Museum
- The pre-history section's early human civilizations
- The Malaysia Today Gallery is beyond the location where a replica of Perak Man, the oldest human skeleton in South-East Asia, is displayed.
- This highlights the nation's achievements from before independence to the present.
2. Borneo Cultures Museum
- The second-biggest museum in South-East Asia and Malaysia's largest museum complex
- The rich history, culture, and heritage of Sarawak's diverse population and indigenous peoples, as well as those of Borneo, are represented in this museum.
3. Muzium Tentera Darat
- The museum showcases the feats and successes of the Malaysian Royal Armed Forces during the course of its existence.
- Visitors can view historical recordings as well as dramatisations of significant actual events that occurred in Malaysia.
- Military weapons, aircraft, and tanks from the Portuguese era through the Merdeka period are among the models and artefacts on display.
4. National Textile Museum
- A brief historical overview of Malaysian art, fashion, and craft.
- A few examples of the heritage collections in this compact but vibrant museum include songket, pua kumbu, telepuk, and tekatan.
- The Ratna Sari Gallery also exhibits jewelry, other personal adornments, and accessories from various Malaysian ethnic groups in addition to textiles.
- These ornaments, which cover the entire body from head to toe, are made of gold, silver, copper, beads, and plants.
5. Sabah Art Gallery
- Encourage the creations of regional artists
- A structure designed to resemble a traditional basket utilised by one of Sabah's indigenous populations.
- Borneo's first recognised "green" structure received a "Silver" rating from the Green Building Index Assessment Panel in 2012.
- Malaysia's first green public art gallery features solar panels, a rainwater collection system, motion sensor lighting, and a passive architecture.