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The National Museum of Malaysia will be closed on the first and second day of Eid ul-Fitr holiday (31 March and 1 April) and resume operation on the third day (2 April). Thank you.

National Museum

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    National Museum
    of Malaysia

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ABOUT US

The history of museums in Malaysia began in 1883 when the British government established the Perak Museum, Taiping. This was followed by the Sarawak Museum in Kuching in 1888 and subsequently Selangor Museum in 1906.

The construction of the museum began in 1959 and has completed in August 1963. It was officially declared opened by His Majesty, the Third Yang di-Petuan Agong, Tuanku Syed Putra Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail.