Monday, October 27, 2008

National Museum (Malaysia)

Source:Star Online
The National Museum (in Malay: Muzium Negara) is the Malaysian national museum, which is located outside Perdana Lake Gardens in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.It is a palatial structure built in the style of Minangkabau architecture. Located atop a hill on Jalan Travers,It provides an interesting introduction to the history and culture of Malaysia.It was built in the style of a Rumah Gadang. Muzium Negara’s architecture is a fine blend of the traditional Malay style and modern lines.
Muzium Negara 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 Iftableaux 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.
If we have more free time spend several time to visit our national history place. We can see many historic appliance that used by previous citizen.We also can know who is our greatest hero who strive to defend our country from imperialism.They are our hero forever

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