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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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Malaysia
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Johor
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Bugis Museum
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Figure Museum
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Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum
The Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum ( ms, Muzium Warisan Tionghua Johor Bahru) is a museum in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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Kite Museum
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Kota Johor Lama Museum
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Kota Tinggi Museum
The Kota Tinggi Museum ( ms, Muzium Kota Tinggi) is a museum in Kota Tinggi Town, Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia. The museum is about the history of Johor Sultanate
The Johor Sultanate ( ms, Kesultanan Johor or ; also called the ...
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Pineapple Museum
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Tanjung Balau Fishermen Museum
The Tanjung Balau Fishermen Museum ( ms, Muzium Nelayan Tanjung Balau) is a museum in Tanjung Balau, Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of ...
Kedah
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Paddy Museum
Kelantan
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Istana Batu Royal Museum
The Istana Batu Royal Museum ( ms, Muzium Diraja Istana Batu) is a museum in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
History
The museum building was constructed in 1939 during the reign of Sultan Ismail ibni Sultan Muhammad IV as a wedding gift for his ...
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Museum of Royal Traditions and Customs
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Kelantan Islamic Museum
The Kelantan Islamic Museum ( ms, Muzium Islam Kelantan) is a museum about Islam in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
History
The museum building used to be the official residence of Kelantan Chief Minister Hassan Mohd Salleh. The building als ...
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Kelantan Museum
The Kelantan Museum ( ms, Muzium Kelantan) is a museum in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
History
The museum was established in the former building of Kota Bharu Municipal Council. In 1988, the building interior was renovated by adding an extra ...
Kuala Lumpur
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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 ...
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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 Septemb ...
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National History Museum
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National Museum
A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...
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National Textile Museum
The National Textile Museum ( ms, Muzium Tekstil Negara) is a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The museum is open daily from 9am to 6pm, admission fees started from RM2 to RM5.
It is adjacent to the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.
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Petrosains
Petrosains, also known as Petrosains, The Discovery Centre is a Malaysian science and technology museum located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur within Suria KLCC, Petronas Twin Towers. Petrosains was a brainchild of 4th Prime Minister Mahathir Mohama ...
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Royal Malaysian Police Museum
The Royal Malaysia Police Museum ( ms, Muzium Polis Diraja Malaysia) is a museum that showcases the history of the Royal Malaysia Police, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The museum includes exhibits from the history of the Royal Malaysia P ...
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Royal Museum
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum (opened in ...
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Petronas Gallery
Petronas Gallery ( Malay: Galeri Petronas) is a contemporary art gallery established in 1993 by the Malaysian multinational company Petronas to promote arts and culture.
History
Galeri Petronas was established in 1993 at the Dayabumi Complex, ...
Labuan
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Chimney Museum
The Chimney Museum ( ms, Muzium Chimney) is a museum in Kubong, Labuan, Malaysia. The museum details the history of Kubong when coal mining was at its peak under the administration of the British North Borneo Chartered Company.
History
The a ...
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Labuan Maritime Museum
The Labuan Maritime Museum is a museum located within the International Sea Sports Complex in Labuan, Malaysia.
History
The museum was opened in 2003.
Architecture
The museum is housed in a two-story shell-shaped building. It is divided into 16 ...
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Labuan Museum
The Labuan Museum ( ms, Muzium Labuan) is a museum located along Jalan Dewan in central Labuan, Malaysia.
History
The museum building was originally constructed in the 1950s. It was once the administration office of the British North Borneo gov ...
Malacca
* Malacca Museum Corporation ( ms, Perbadanan Muzium Melaka, PERZIM)
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Aborigines Museum
The Aborigines Museum ( ms, Muzium Orang Asli) is a museum in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia, which showcases the native people relics found in the country. It was originally located inside Ayer Keroh Recreational Forest, but later relocated t ...
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Agricultural Museum
An agricultural museum is a museum dedicated to preserving agricultural history and heritage. It aims to educate the public on the subject of agricultural history, their legacy and impact on society. To accomplish this, it specializes in the di ...
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Beauty Museum
Beauty Museum or Museum of Enduring Beauty ( ms, Muzium Kecantikan) is a museum about beauty standards and concepts in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which was opened in 1996. It occupies the top floor of the former Historical City Municipa ...
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Chitty Museum
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Democratic Government Museum
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Education Museum
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Governor's Museum
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History and Ethnography Museum
The History and Ethnography Museum ( ms, Muzium Sejarah dan Ethnografi) is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It is located inside the Stadthuys building, built during the Dutch Malacca administration period in 1886. The historical ...
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Kite Museum
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Melaka Al-Quran Museum
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Melaka Forestry Museum
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Melaka Islamic Museum
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Melaka Literature Museum
St. Paul's Hill ( ms, Bukit St. Paul) is a hill in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It was originally known as the Malacca Hill during the Malacca Sultanate period and Mary's Hill during the Portuguese Malacca period.
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Melaka Stamp Museum
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Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum
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Malay and Islamic World Museum
The Malay and Islamic World Museum ( ms, Muzium Dunia Melayu Dunia Islam) is a museum about Malay and Islamic cultures in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It is housed in the Bastion House building which was built in 1910 and occupied by the ...
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Malaysia Architecture Museum
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Malaysia Prison Museum
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Malaysia Youth Museum
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Maritime Museum
A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navies and the militar ...
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People's Museum
People's Museum ( ms, Muzium Rakyat) is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which records and preserves the achievements of Malacca in the development sector and officially opened on 15 April 1992 by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ...
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Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum
The Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum ( ms, Muzium Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia) is a museum about Royal Malaysian Customs Department in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia.
The museum building was constructed under the British govern ...
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Royal Malaysian Navy Museum
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Submarine Museum
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Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum
Baba Nyonya House Museum ( ms, Muzium Warisan Baba Nyonya), also known as the Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum, is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia that showcases the local history of ethnic Chinese-Malays called Baba-Nyonya or Peranakan ...
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Cheng Ho Cultural Museum
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Melaka UMNO Museum
Malacca UMNO Museum ( ms, Muzium UMNO Melaka) is a museum which exhibits historical matters about the founding and struggle of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It opens every day from 9.00 a.m. to 5.3 ...
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Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum
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Toy Museum
A toy museum is a museum for toys. They typically showcase toys from a particular culture or period with their history. These are distinct from children's museums, which are museums for children, and are often interactive – toy museums may be ...
Negeri Sembilan
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Custom Museum
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Lukut Fort and Museum
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Seri Menanti Royal Museum
Pahang
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Sultan Abu Bakar Museum
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Time Tunnel Museum
Penang
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Batik Painting Museum Penang
The Batik Painting Museum Penang ( ms, Muzium Lukisan Batik Pulau Pinang) is a museum about batik in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.
History
The building was purchased in 2010 and underwent a three-year renovation before it was opened on 1 Oc ...
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Camera Museum
The Camera Museum ( ms, Muzium Kamera; Tamil: நிழற்படக் கருவி அருங்காட்சியகம்) is a museum in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.
History
The museum started its operation on 31 August 2013 ...
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Penang Museum and Art Gallery
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Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang
Perak
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Beruas Museum
The Beruas Museum ( ms, Muzium Beruas) is a museum in Beruas, Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. 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 histo ...
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Darul Ridzuan Museum
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Geological Museum (Malaysia)
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Han Chin Pet Soo, Hakka Tin Mining Museum
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Kota Ngah Ibrahim
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Palong Tin Museum
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Perak Royal Museum
The Istana Kenangan (Jawi script: ايستان كنڠن; Remembrance Palace) which today houses the Perak Royal Museum, was a royal residence in Kuala Kangsar in Perak, Malaysia.
History
It was built in 1926 for Sultan Iskandar Shah by the Mala ...
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Perak State Museum
The Perak Museum ( ms, Muzium Perak) is a public museum located at the junction of Jalan Muzium (Museum Road) and Jalan Taming Sari (Main Road) in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. It is the oldest museum in Malaysia and highlights the history of the ...
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Sitiawan Settlement Museum
The Sitiawan Settlement Museum is a museum in Koh Village, Sitiawan, Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia.
History
The museum building was constructed in 1935 as the house for Pioneer Methodist Church pastors. On 7 September 2003, the house was c ...
Perlis
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Kota Kayang Museum
The Kota Kayang Museum ( ms, Muzium Kota Kayang) is a museum in Kuala Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia.
History
The museum sits on a 2-hectare of land. Initially, the land was granted from King Syed Alwi to his younger brother Syed Salim bin Syed Muham ...
Sabah
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Agnes Keith House
Agnes Keith House (formerly known as the Newlands) ( ms, Rumah Agnes Keith) is a historic house museum in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts ...
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Keningau Heritage Museum
Keningau Heritage Museum ( ms, Muzium Warisan Keningau) is a museum located at Mahathir Park in Keningau of Sabah, Malaysia.
History
The museum is located in a former Government Rest House that was built by the Borneo Construction Company Lt ...
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Mat Sator Museum
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Pogunon Community Museum
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Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum
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Sabah Museum
The Sabah Museum ( Malay: ''Muzium Sabah'') is the state museum of Sabah, Malaysia. It is sited on of land at Bukit Istana Lama in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.
History
The original Sabah Museum location was established on 15 July 1965 ...
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Sandakan Heritage Museum
Sandakan Heritage Museum ( ms, Muzium Warisan Sandakan) is a museum located at the 1st floor of Wisma Warisan building in Sandakan of Sabah, Malaysia. The museum building is located next to the Sandakan Municipal Council and is part of the Sanda ...
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Tun Sakaran Museum
Sarawak
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Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum
The Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum ( ms, Muzium Memorial Hospital Lau King Howe) ( Chinese : 劉欽侯醫院紀念館) is a medical museum in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The museum is the first and only medical museum in Malaysia.
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Islamic Heritage Museum
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Kuching Cat Museum
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Petroleum Museum
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Sarawak State Museum
The Sarawak State Museum ( ms, Muzium Negeri Sarawak) is the oldest museum in Borneo. It was founded in 1888 and opened in 1891 in a purpose-built building in Kuching, Sarawak. It has been said that naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace encouraged C ...
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Textile Museum Sarawak
The Textile Museum Sarawak ( ms, Muzium Tekstil Sarawak) is a textile museum in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
History
The museum building was originally built in 1907 as medical center. It was then later housed the Education Department of Sarawa ...
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Sibu Heritage Centre
* Borneo Cultures Museum
Selangor
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Orang Asli Museum
The Orang Asli Museum ( ms, Muzium Orang Asli) is a museum in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia that showcases the history and tradition of the indigenous Orang Asli people. It includes a library and a small theater hall, and was opened on 29 September ...
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Petaling Jaya Museum
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Sultan Alam Shah Museum
Sultan Alam Shah Museum ( ms, Muzium Sultan Alam Shah) is a museum in Shah Alam, Petaling, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the state museum of Selangor. This museum was opened in 1989 by Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah.
History
The establishment ...
Terengganu
* Terengganu State Museum
See also
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List of museums
A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temp ...
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Tourism in Malaysia
Malaysia was once ranked 9th
in the world for tourist arrivals. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ranks Malaysia 25th out of 141 countries overall.
In an effort to diversify the economy and make Malaysia's economy less de ...
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List of tourist attractions in Malaysia
Popular tourist attractions in Malaysia include the following:
Attractions
Beaches
* Batu Ferringhi
* Port Dickson
Historical structures and buildings
* A Famosa
* Christ Church Malacca
* Church of the Immaculate Conception
* Stadthuys
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Culture of Malaysia
The culture of Malaysia draws on the varied cultures of the different people of Malaysia. The first people to live in the area were indigenous tribes that still remain; they were followed by the Malays, who moved there from mainland Asia in anc ...
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Museums
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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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 ...
Museums
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 ...
Museums
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 ...
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 ...