Perak Museum, Taiping, Perak

Location : Jalan Taming Sari, Taiping, Perak

Admission : Free

The Muzium Perak (Perak Museum) is the oldest museum in the Peninsula. The building was completed in 1886, and subsequent additions were made in 1900. In the early days, the pioneers of museum work in what was then Malaya gave greater emphasis to the natural sciences, especially flora and fauna that had economic significance. It was only much later that the museum began to document the material culture and the life of the peoples of Malaysia.

There are three collections - anthropology, zoology and local history - with a total of over 3,000 artifacts.The anthropological collections include different types of weapons, implements of husbandry, ornaments, dresses, household articles for daily use, musical instruments, symbols and requisites of religions, marriage and death ceremonies collected since the opening of the museum.

Communication during the British era in Malaya.

Antique radio, Wireless radio set, Morse signal radio set

Telephone, Post box

Posters during the wars

Spot the different?

(above) Persekutuan Tanah Melayu flag (below) Malaysia flag

The Persekutuan Tanah Melayu flag has six red lines and five white lines. The 11 lines was to represent the 11 states in Tanah Melayu. Red, white and blue colors were the symbol of the Commonwealth country. The crescent and star as the symbol of Tanah Melayu as an Islamic country while the yellow color of the crescent and star was a Royal color.

On the other side of the museum;

Well-preserved skeleton

Kubung - Flying Lemurs

Step to the outside.

Colonel Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker, British Resident of Selangor & Perak statue.

Different modes of transportation in early days are also there outside the museum building.

Ancient Slab Grave from Sungkai Perak

This reconstructed ancient slab grave is one of three discovered on Sungai Kruit estate, Sungkai in 1927.