People's Museum

People's Museum
Muzium Rakyat

General information
Type	Museum
Location	Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia
Opening	15 April 1992

The People's Museum (Malay: Muzium Rakyat) is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. The museum records and preserves the achievements of Malacca in the development sector.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The museum building receives around 2,000 visitors every month.^[6]^[7]

History

The museum building was originally constructed in the 1960s, believed to be built on top of the ruins of Dutch building. It was initially used as the Malacca Historical City Municipal Council building. After it was taken over by the Museum Corporation, the People's Museum was officially opened on 15 April 1992 by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.^[8]

Architecture

Transportation area

The museum is located at the ground floor of the building. It is divided into three parts, which focuses on the development carried out for the people's benefit and the success attained by the Malacca state. It also displays the Malacca Sports Gallery, Community Gallery and UNESCO section. The building also houses the Beauty Museum and Kite Museum at the upper floors.

In front of the building, there is a courtyard in which the transportation area is located. The transportation area was established in collaboration with Malayan Railway, Royal Malaysian Air Force and West Malaysia Department of Civil Aviation.

Exhibitions

The museum displays various matters related to Malacca, such as administrative structure, social infrastructure, tourism, manufacturing and industrial sector, agriculture sector etc. and how they evolved throughout the time. The transportation area houses the Twin Pioneer CC MK1 aircraft which was used in the 1950s, a coach and Lukut River Railway locomotive which was used in 1957-1988 and Nubian Thornycrof model of fire engine mobile which was used in 1985-1995.

Opening time

The museum opens everyday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.^[9]

References

↑ "Virtual Museum Melaka". virtualmuseummelaka.com.
↑ "People Museum". AmazingMelaka.com.
↑ "Melaka Alive tarikan pelancongan kebudayaan". Utusan Online.
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↑ "PERZIM - Statistik Pelawat Muzium". PERZIM.
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↑ "PERZIM - People’s Museum". PERZIM.
↑ "PERZIM - Harga Tiket". PERZIM.

Museums of Malaysia

West Malaysia

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History	Beauty Museum Chitty Museum Education Museum Gallery of Admiral Cheng Ho Malacca Al-Quran Museum Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum Malacca Transportation Museum Malay and Islamic World Museum Maybank Numismatic Museum National History Museum National Museum Orang Asli Museum Pulau Besar Museum Royal Malaysian Police Museum Time Tunnel

Maritime	Maritime Museum Flor de la Mar Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum Royal Malaysian Navy Museum Submarine Museum

Science	Al-Khawarizmi Astronomy Complex Malacca Planetarium National Science Centre Planetarium Negara

Other	Democratic Government Museum Malacca UMNO Museum Museum of Custom and Tradition Toy Museum

East Malaysia

Arts	Kuching Cat Museum Sabah Museum

Historic house	Fort Sylvia Sarawak State Museum The Astana

Maritime	Labuan Maritime Museum

Science	Planetarium Sultan Iskandar

Coordinates: 2°11′30.1″N 102°14′57.2″E / 2.191694°N 102.249222°E / 2.191694; 102.249222

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