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FEBRUARY 2022 | ISSUE#02.22 FEBRUARY 2022 | ISSUE#02.22

Photo by krishan85 Photo by visitkl.gov.my Photo by Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Royal Malaysian The Royal Museum International Islamic
Police Museum Arts Museum

Located just 3-minutes away Observe the lived-in rooms of the December 1998 marks the month
from the International Islamic Royals at the Royal Museum! If of Malaysia beoming the home of
Arts Museum, the Royal Police you’re a local KL-ite, you would Southeast Asia’s largest museum
museum is another cluster of know that the city has two Royal of Islamic art. The beautifully
museums you can find in the Palaces, the Old and the New. The decorated manuscripts which
heart of KL. The museum has Old Royal Palace was converted adorns the pages of some of its
3 galleries named A,B, and C into a Royal Museum while the books during the peak of Islamic
respectively. The first gallery talks current reigning monarch moved Art can be found in this museum
about the formation and the over to the new royal palace. alone. The collections held by the
history of the first batch of the For those interested in a guided museum has become a center of
Royal Malaysian Police, and even tour, it’s best if you ask the staff attention for those who are doing
weaponries. The second gallery working in the museum for their studies in Medieval Islamic
focuses more on vehicles used, pointers as they are supposedly Art. Aside from manuscripts, the
and Gallery C dives into the role the exact same staff who used museum also displays pieces of
of the police during the Japanese to work at the Royal Palace, jewellery to one of the world’s
Occupation period. providing cool insights on what largest scale models of the Masjid
their life was like. al-Haram in Mecca. The museum
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Islamic art in Asia instead of the
Middle East and Persia.

ADDRESS: ADDRESS: ADDRESS:
5, Jalan Perdana, Tasik Perdana Muzium Diraja, Jalan Istana Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
50480 Kuala Lumpur 50460 Kuala Lumpur Jalan Lembah, Tasik Perdana
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur 50480 Kuala Lumpur
ADMISSION FEE: Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
ADMISSION FEE: Adults: RM5 | Children: RM2
Free (weekdays) | RM1 (weekends) Senior Citizens: RMRM3 ADMISSION FEE:
Free
OPENING HOURS: OPENING HOURS:
Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 6pm Daily from 9am – 5pm, except on OPENING HOURS:
Friday 10am – 12:30pm, 2:30pm – 6pm Mondays, first of each month Via appointment from 9:30am – 6pm

WEBSITE: WEBSITE: WEBSITE:
www.kuala-lumpur.ws/magazine/ www.jmm.gov.my/en/visit-royal- www.iamm.org.my/
royal-malaysian-police-museum.htm museum-0

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