Last weekend I visited Muzium Negara, the National Historical Museum in Kuala Lumpur. I haven't talked much so far about the interesting history of Malaysia, so I will try to post more about that in the future. Malaysia is a relatively young country, formed in 1963. Rather than being linked by shared history and culture, the territory that makes up modern Malaysia were the formerly British colonies of the region (the Dutch colonies combined to form Indonesia). Thus a goal of the Malaysian government over the last 50 years has been to try to develop some sort of coherent shared national history and identity.
Muzium Negara focuses on four periods of Malaysian history- Early History, The Malay Kingdoms, The Colonial Era, and Malaysia Today.
The museum was an interesting place to spend an afternoon. Unfortunately, I am easily distracted while in museums, so I forgot to take too many pictures. Here is a photo of an old throne.
You can see more of Muzium Negara at http://www.muziumnegara.gov.my/
You can learn more about Malaysian history on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia
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