The National Museum has a fine collection of Malaysia's historical artefacts and thousands of rare items depicting its past glory, culture, arts and many other distinct items.

The museum was established in 1888 as Selangor Museum. After almost being virtually destroyed by bombs during the 2nd World War 1945, proposals were made to set up a central museum for Malaysia, hence the National Museum which was declared open in 1963. Collections in the museum vary from ethnographical objects, ... more