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The Beruas Museum ( ms, Muzium Beruas) is a
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
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Beruas Beruas (alternative spelling: Bruas) is a small town and mukim in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Name Beruas is named for a local mangosteen-like tree, '' Garcinia hombroniana'', the "seashore mangosteen", called in the local Malay diale ...
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Manjung District The Manjung District, formerly Dindings, is a district in the southwestern part of the state of Perak, Malaysia. The district is well known for Pangkor Island, an attraction in Perak and the home of the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM), Lumut Naval ...
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Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...
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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. The goal of the Beruas Museum is to collect history and artifacts related to the lost kingdom of Ganga Negara and Beruas.


History

In 1991, a historical study was conducted in Beruas by the Beruas Historical Survey Project. In 1995, the museum building was handed over to Perak State Government and it was opened in July the same year.


Architecture

The museum is housed in a former courthouse.


Exhibitions

The museum exhibits various treasures of the ancient government of
Gangga Negara Gangga Negara is believed to be a lost semi-legendary Malay-Hindu kingdom mentioned in the Malay Annals that covered present day Beruas, Dinding and Manjung in the state of Perak, Malaysia with Raja Gangga Shah Johan as one of its kings. Res ...
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Beruas Beruas (alternative spelling: Bruas) is a small town and mukim in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Name Beruas is named for a local mangosteen-like tree, '' Garcinia hombroniana'', the "seashore mangosteen", called in the local Malay diale ...
, such as illustration maps and notes about its past. It includes around 300 artifacts from the old kingdom.


See also

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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 ...
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List of tourist attractions in Perak This is the list of tourist attractions in Perak, Malaysia. Galleries * Sultan Azlan Shah Gallery Historical buildings * Birch Memorial Clock Tower * Dutch Fort * Ipoh Railway Station * Kellie's Castle * Ngah Ibrahim's Fort Memoria ...


References

1995 establishments in Malaysia Manjung District Museums established in 1995 Museums in Perak {{Malaysia-museum-stub