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List Of Tourist Attractions In Kuala Lumpur
This is the list of tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Community * Brickfields * Petaling Street Convention centres * Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre * Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC) * MATRADE Exhibition and Convention Centre * Putra World Trade Centre (WTC KL) Galleries * National Visual Arts Gallery * Petronas Gallery Historical buildings * DBKL City Theatre * Lee Rubber Building * Sultan Abdul Samad Building Libraries * National Library of Malaysia Memorials * Heroes' Mausoleum * National Monument Museums * Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia * Maybank Numismatic Museum * National History Museum * National Museum * National Textile Museum * Royal Malaysian Police Museum * Royal Museum Nature * ASEAN Sculpture Garden * KLCC Park * Lake Gardens * Padang Balang * Nanas Hill * Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens Palace * Istana Negara (National Palace) Performing centres * Coliseum Theatre * Istana Budaya * Kuala Lumpur Perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronas Towers KL
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (National Petroleum Limited), commonly known as Petronas, is a Malaysian oil and gas company. Established in 1974 and wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, the corporation is vested with all oil and gas resources in Malaysia and is entrusted with the responsibility of developing and adding value to these resources. In the 2017 Forbes Global 2000, Petronas Gas was ranked at 1881st. Petronas also ranked 48th globally in the 2020 Bentley Infrastructure 500. Since its incorporation, Petronas has grown to be an integrated international oil and gas company with business interests in 35 countries. As of the end of March 2005, the Group comprised 103 wholly owned subsidiaries, 19 partly owned outfits and 57 associated companies. The Financial Times has identified Petronas as one of the " new seven sisters": [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MATRADE Exhibition And Convention Centre
MATRADE Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC) ( ms, Pusat Pameran dan Konvensyen MATRADE) is a trade centre, exhibition hall, and convention centre in the suburb of Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. MECC, established by MATRADE (Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation), provides convention facilities, exhibition halls, and meeting rooms. MATRADE has also allocated a permanent exhibition space for 400 local companies at the exhibition hall on the second floor. The centre is also a component of Naza Group of Companies, Naza TTDI’s KL Metropolis development which is expected to be fully completed within 12 to 15 years time. In operation since 2 January 2007, MECC has hosted many trade related events. The Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre, Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC), which was a venue for the South East Asia Games, 2017 Southeast Asian Games, is located nearby. Facts * Total exhibition area: 32,888 square meters. * Indoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum (Malaysia)
The National Museum ( ms, Muzium Negara) is a museum located on Jalan Damansara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The museum is situated in close proximity to the Perdana Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Lake Gardens and it provides an overview of Malaysian History of Malaysia, history and Culture of Malaysia, culture. Its facade comprises elements of traditional Malay and modern features. It was opened on 31 August 1963, and it serves as a repository of Malaysia's rich cultural and historical heritage. The National Museum is a three-story structure long and wide, which is high at the central point. The museum houses four main galleries allotted to ethnology and natural history. The displays range from free-standing wikt:tableau, tableaux showing cultural events like weddings, festivals and costumes; to traditional weapons, musical instruments, arts and crafts, ceramics, and flora and fauna. History The National Museum was established on the site of the former ''Selangor Museum''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National History Museum (Malaysia)
The National History Museum ( ms, Muzium Sejarah Nasional) was the second national museum in Malaysia after the National Museum. It was located opposite Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur. As of November 2007 it is closed and the entire collection has been moved to the National Museum. Department of Malaysia Museums National History Museum exhibited unique historical development of the homeland of the early days until now. There are almost a thousand gathered a collection based on its importance to the history of the country, and are classified into several categories such as: weapons, |
Maybank Numismatic Museum
The Maybank Numismatic Museum is a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that is run and owned by the Maybank. It holds one of the largest coin and money collections in Malaysia. The museum is housed in Maybank Tower at Jalan Tun Perak. In September 2012, the museum was closed to the public for renovations, and has subsequently been reopened. Transportation The museum is accessible within walking distance north west of Plaza Rakyat LRT Station of RapidKL. See also * List of museums in Malaysia This is a list of museums in Malaysia. Johor * Bugis Museum * Figure Museum * Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum * Kite Museum * Kota Johor Lama Museum * Kota Tinggi Museum * Pineapple Museum * Tanjung Balau Fishermen Museum Kedah * P ... References External links Virtual Malaysia , Maybank Numismatic Museum Museums in Kuala Lumpur Numismatic museums in Asia Maybank {{Malaysia-museum-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia ( ms, Muzium Kesenian Islam Malaysia) is a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was officially opened on 12 December 1998. The museum is the largest museum of Islamic arts in South East Asia with more than seven thousands artifacts from the Islamic world. Significance The largest Muslim community in the world are inhabitants of the Nusantara region, which is the Indonesian/ Malay name for the southern half of Maritime Southeast Asia. The capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, houses the largest museum for Islamic Art in South East Asia. Although a clear date for the establishment of Islamic communities on the Malay peninsula is difficult to place; the introduction of the faith was likely influenced by busy trade routes between the China Sea and Indian Ocean. Commonly seen to be on the periphery of the Islamic Art cannon, perhaps due to strong traditions of local visual cultures, scholars have argued that it is time that Indonesia and the rest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Monument (Malaysia)
The Tugu Negara is a sculpture considered as a national monument that commemorates those who died in Malaysia's struggle for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency, which lasted from 1948 until 1960. It is located in the Federal capital, Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Houses of Parliament is situated near the monument. It is the world's tallest bronze freestanding sculpture grouping. Until 2010, on 31 July on '' Warriors' Day'', the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Prime Minister, and the heads of the Malaysian Armed Forces and the Royal Malaysia Police pay their respects to the fallen heroes by laying garlands at the monument. Warriors' Day is now commemorated on Merdeka Square, after ultra-conservative religious bureaucrats declared the sculpture to be idolatrous. History Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph The predecessor of the Tugu Negara is an interwar-era cenotaph originally erected by the colonial British administration on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makam Pahlawan
The Makam Pahlawan (Malay for Heroes' Mausoleum) is the burial ground of several Malaysian leaders and politicians. It is located near the Malaysian national mosque, Masjid Negara in the national capital, Kuala Lumpur. Construction of the mausoleum began in 1963 under its project of the construction of Masjid Negara and was completed in 1965. The cemetery has an interior and an exterior. Part is covered with a concrete dome in the form of a starburst, each side of which almost touches the ground, and separated by a pond from the outside. In the centre is designed with a decorative symbol of the country, the Emblem of Malaysia ''( Jata Negara)'' and carving out new flowers marble from the island of Langkawi. The centre of the domed roof is adorned with gold coloured roses. The Makam Pahlawan area and the Masjid Negara was gazetted in the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645), as a National Heritage site by the Heritage Department on 6 July 2007. The plaque installation ceremony w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Malaysia
The National Library of Malaysia (Malay: ''Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia'') (PNM) is a library established under the National Library Act 1972 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The National Library is responsible for providing a collection of knowledge at national level for the present and future generations. In its effort to strengthen the library's collection, the National Library continues to play an active role in its acquisition of library materials through enforcement of the Deposit of Library Material Act 1986, acquisition, gift and exchange. The pride of the National Library's collection is the Malaysiana Collection. It comprises library materials published in Malaysia and overseas whose whole or larger part of the content is related to the publications date or the language used. Another national intellectual heritage is the Malay Manuscripts and one of her manuscript the Hikayat Hang Tuah has been acknowledged by UNESCO in the Memory of the World Register. It is a MS ISO 9001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Abdul Samad Building
The Sultan Abdul Samad Building ( Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad) is a late-nineteenth century building located along Jalan Raja in front of the Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) and the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and was known simply as Government Offices in its early years. In 1974 it was renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began. The building houses both the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia ( Malay: ''Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan Malaysia''). It once housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Malaya. The Federal Court and the Court of Appeals had shifted to the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya during the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Rubber Building
The Lee Rubber Building ( ms, Bangunan Lee Rubber) is a historical building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Architecture Lee Rubber Building is located at the corner of Jalan Tun H. S. Lee and Jalan Hang Lekir (known as High Street and Cecil Street during the British colonial era). The building was designed by Arthur Oakley Coltman of the British architecture firm, Booty Edwards & Partners company. Its grey façade sports the Modernist Art Deco design as its architectural style, with striated lines and mouldings complete with differentiated corner treatment topped with an essential flag pole. Its five-foot way is broken by solid wall-like pillars. It has a strong geometric shape with a corner set at a 45° angle. Like most urban Art Deco structures, the original building has a flat roof with no cornice or overhang. It also has a pediment that portrays the building's original name in English and Chinese. History The building was constructed in 1930. Upon completion, it was the tall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panggung Bandaraya DBKL
Panggung Bandaraya DBKL ( Malay for ''DBKL City Theatre'') is a historical theatre hall located across the Merdeka Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the junction of Jalan Tun Perak and Jalan Raja. Construction began in 1896 and was completely finished in 1904. The theatre formerly occupies the historic Old City Hall of Kuala Lumpur. The theatre and old City Hall building were designed by a colonial government architect, Arthur Benison Hubback, who was also responsible for designing the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, the Jamek Mosque and other colonial structures throughout the Klang Valley. It was built for production stages such as plays and musicals. Heritage preservation The Panggung Bandaraya is gazetted as a heritage building under the Antiquities Act, and its Moorish façade has been preserved. A major fire in 1992 destroyed the entire interior of the theatre but the City Hall's designers and builders restored it soon after. The refurbishment that was undertaken ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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