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Monsopiad Cultural Village, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Location: Penampang, Kota Kinabalu

The Monsopiad Cultural Village is located in Penampang, Sabah. A journey by car should take more or less 20 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu town. The Monsopiad Cultural Village has been built with traditional materials, the way the Kadazandusun, as many other ethnic entities in Borneo. Known as the 'living museum' of Sabah warriors, the cultural village is actually built on the ground where a warrior named Monsopiad grew up.

A visit to Monsopiad Cultural village is a must when you're visiting Kota Kinablu. You'll learn a lot of thing about culture, traditions and history of Sabah's largest ethnic group here. You might want to spend at least 3 hours here to experience everything that they offer.

Melaka River Cruise (Kembara Sungai Melaka), Malacca

Location: Jalan Merdeka, Melaka
Coordianate : 2.1927,102.2473
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Melaka River And Coastal Development Corporation established the Melaka River Cruise (MRC) and was officially launched by the Chief Minister on 11 November 2005. Melaka River have been introduced by the State Government as a major tourist state river.

Melaka River Cruise has started their operation on February 18th, 2008. The journey of the MRC takes about 45 minutes and distance is 9 km. The MRC will take you along the Melaka River and you will be told the history, development and some interesting things of the buildings and area along the river.

The MRC jetty view taken from the Menara TamingSari

Muzium Kesenian Islam Malaysia (Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur

Location: Jalan Lembah Perdana (in front of Kuala Lumpur National Mosque)
Coordinate: 3.1416,101.6898

The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (IAMM) was officially opened to public in December 1998 and said to be Southeast Asia’s largest museum of Islamic art. IAMM is a gift to the people of Malaysia and the international community from the Albukhary Foundation, with the assistance of the Malaysian government and the Islamic Department of the Islamic Development of Malaysia (JAKIM).

There are 2 main galleries that are permanent and temporary galleries. The subcategories of the permanent gallery are architecture, Quran & manuscript, India, China, Malay world, jewellery, textiles, arms & armour, cons & seals, metalwork, ceramics and living with woods, while temporary gallery include of two special galleries.

Models of Fountain Marble Mosaic, usually found in Mamluk palaces of the 16th century

Muzium Tekstil Negara (National Textile Museum), Kuala Lumpur

Location: Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur
Coordinate : 3.1469,101.6940
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The Kuala Lumpur National Textile Museum is located at Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur, in the middle of the Dayabumi building and the Sultan Abdul Samad building. The museum has officially opened in January 2010 with a collection and historical origins of the textile industry in our country. The museum is divided into 4 major categories : Galeri Pelangi, Galeri Pohon Budi, Galeri Ratna Sari and Galeri Teluk Berantai.

Taman Mini Malaysia & Taman Mini ASEAN, Malacca

Location : Ayer Keroh, Melaka
Coordinate : 2.2826,102.3037
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Taman Mini Malaysia & Taman Mini ASEAN is located in Ayer Keroh, Melaka, by the main road side just a few kilometres after the Ayer Keroh toll plaza. There are 13 houses represent the architectural styles of all 13 states in Malaysia and 12 represents 12 houses of ASEAN countries - decorated with various items, arts and crafts that reflect the culture of each state.

Inside each of the houses, there is a variety of authentic handicrafts originating from the state or country it represents. Inside these traditional houses which mostly were built on stilts, also are displays the image of the traditional Malay costumes specific to the state.

Fort Cornwallis, Penang

Location : Jalan Tun Syeh Barakbah, Georgetown
Coordinate : 5.4203,100.3438
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Fort Cornwallis is an old star-shaped fort located on the northeastern coast of Penang, Malaysia. It is named after the late 18th century Governor-General of Bengal, India, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis. Fort Cornwallis is the largest standing fort in Malaysia.

Captain Sir Francis Light took possession of the island from the Sultan of Kedah in 1786 and built the original fort. It was a nibong (Malay: palm trunk) stockade with no permanent structures, covering an area of 417.6 square feet (38.80 m²).

National Museum (Muzium Negara), Kuala Lumpur

Location : Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Coordinate : 3.1380,101.6868
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The National Museum is the principal museum in the country. It was opened on 31 August 1963 to serve as a repository of Malaysia's rich cultural heritage and as the centre for imparting knowledge on the country's historical past.

National Museum is a three storied structure of 109.7 meters long and 15.1 meters wide and 37.6 meters at the central point. The museum houses four main galleries specialising in ethnology and natural history. The displays range from free-standing tableaux showing traditional cultural events like weddings, festivals and beautiful costumes; to the rich variety of weapons, musical instruments, arts and crafts, precious ceramics, and flora & fauna.

Beside the main building, there are several other building compiled as the National Museum. such as the Orang Asli Craft Museum and Malay World Gallery.

Location : Jalan Parlimen, Kuala Lumpur (opposite Lake Garden)

The National Monument

The Malaysia National Monument was officially opened on 8 February 1966 by yang Di-Pertuan Agong. The National Monument stands at 15.54m high. It was made of bronze; designed by Austrian sculptor Felix de Weldon, who was also responsible for the famed USMC War Memorial in Virginia, United States.

The original monument had been damaged due to an explosion set off by a communist terrorist on August 27, 1975. It was then been restored on May 11, 1977. It was used to be open but then a fence was put-up and will be closed on the night.

The monument consist of seven human figures, each one symbolized different qualities: courage, leadership, sacrifice, strength, suffering, unity and vigilance.

The National Monument

The granite base of the monument

Before the seven bronze men national monument was set up, the national monument was a 10m height cenotaph that was situated in the middle of a roundabout connecting Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin and Jalan Parlimen, which then was move to its present place. The cenotaph was set up by the British administration to commemorate the wars and honor the heroes of World War I, Worlds War II and the Emergency.

The Cenotaph

There are basically five principal components that comprise the 48,562 meter square area memorial site: the monument ; a reflecting pool with fountain; a crescent-shaped pavillion; the cenotaph; and the gardens.

Beside the national monument itself, there is an ASEAN Sculpture Garden located below the National Monument. There are many completely different sculptures made from bamboo, iron, marble and wood in the park. It has a collection of prize-winning sculptures by some of the finest artists in the ASEAN countries that is Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philipines, Loas, Myammar and Brunei.

ASEAN Sculpture garden

The National Monument opens everyday from7.00 am to 6.00 pm with free admission.

Taiping Railway Station, Taiping Perak

Location : Taiping

Taiping was formerly the British administrative centre in the state during colonial times. The town was built after the feuds over the tin mines of Larut had been put down. In those days, tin mining was a lucrative business and exporting the ore out of state was a common activity.
The Taiping Railway Station was built in 1885 to facilitate the transfer of tin to Port Weld in Penang which was then the main point for shipping it out of the country. Before the “iron horse” came into service for this purpose, elephants were used to carry the ore along jungle trails. With the arrival of the locomotive in Malaya – this was the first train put into service here – travel time was greatly shortened to a few hours from two to three days.
The current site of the town’s railway station is not its original location. The old station formerly sat on the land which is today occupied by the King Edward VII Primary School. When the railway line was extended at the turn of the 20th century, the station was moved to accommodate the expansion.
From then till the 1980s, the tracks remained at the old site until they were removed, and the platforms dismantled to make way for roads.

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.

The Red, Dutch Square, Malacca

The Dutch Square is famous for its red-painted buildings. It has a display of many unique Dutch mansonry and architectural skills. The Stadthuys, in the Dutch Square, was built in 1650, it is a typical Dutch building with a clock tower. It was once an official home to the Dutch Governors. It has been preserved in its original Dutch architectural form. It is also a historic museum and houses some interesting display of traditional bridal costumes and relics, and others.

Christ Church
Location : near Jalan Laksamana and Jalan Gereja in Melaka city.

This is a church built between 1741 and 1753 by Dutch to commemorate a century of their rule. It replaced a Portuguese church, which was shattered. Bricks were shipped from Zeeland in the Netherlands. On the floor of the church you will find Dutch tombstones. On the altar you will see sacramental silverware, still bearing the Dutch coat of arms. It is now an Anglican Church. The building shows the ingenuity of the Dutch architectural world. The beams were constructed from cutting and carving from a single tree and have no joints. The hand-made pews dated back some 200 years. It is the oldest protestant church in Malaysia.