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Perak State Museum

Keywords :

Site common namePerak State Museum
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityKuala Kansar
StatePerak
CountryMalaysia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 4.8601676
Long : 100.7455335

History of productionThis is the oldest museum of Malaysia built by the British Colonial in 1883 under the care of Sir Hugh Low. The exhibit of this museum first made by the British Colonial shows the species of plant and animal along with the antiques and cultural objects.
ArtPerak State Museum has the interesting design because it borrows the Christian church’s façade and uses it as the corner building of the museum. The museum have Palladium plan with the façade that have the pediment flanked with 2 tower which show the progress of the architect who didn’t strict their mind with the limit between religious buildings and government buildings.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBritish Colonization Period
Age19th – 20th century

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali