Spring Trip- Malaysia 1
While
visiting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia we happened upon the National Textile Museum of
Malaysia. Located a short walk from the
Central Market, The Textile Museum is housed in an elegant, historic, colonial
building of Moghul-Islamic architecture.
The
museum’s role is to “ collect, conserve and document and display the diverse
national textile collection, especially the traditional handwork of the
multi-ethnic society of Malaysia comprising Malays, Chinese, Indians, Orang
Asli and the indigenous peoples of
Sabah and Sarawak”.
The
museum’s five galleries artfully display their beautiful textile collection
with informative didatic panels. There is also a small video room,
unfortunately the film is not in English but the visuals can be enjoyed
nonetheless. Also within the building
is a small café and gift shop.
Admission
is free and the museum is open daily from 9am –6 pm. Anyone visiting K L should plan on spending some time there. A cool stop for a usually very hot
afternoon.
For
those not fortunate to be visiting the capital city and the museum check their website.
Blogs
in the near future will explore the treasures of this institution.
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