Museums actually can be regarded as a public recreation. Visited for personal, having fun, and going with family. There are also people who come to museum for conducting research or conducting study visits.
Many people love to visit the museum. The museum has historical value and cultural characteristics that depict history stories in a country. The museum also has a value of natural and social knowledge.
Not a few people who think that visiting the museum is a boring thing. What do they think about going to the museum? They describe the museum as hideous, filthy, dust-filled building. Those who are more interested in visiting shopping centers and furniture stores.
Certain museums are not the most alluring, but surely there are many museums that give hope to broaden their horizons. At the very least, knowing the information about the traditions and culture of a history that many may forget. For example, the dark history of world war, the history of government reform, the history of the wars before Christ, to the history about the sacrifices of the heroes of their respective countries.
South East Asia holds a lot of history and common knowledge that it deserves to be known, and we have chosen 10 of the best. This is a museum that presents informative and educative insights in Southeast Asian that you expect will visit someday!
Bangkok National Museum (Thailand)
A show of Thai artefacts and artwork from ancient times to modern Thai Empire, the National Museum of Bangkok will overwhelm you in abundant history and culture. It also features intricate decorative art exhibitions and an invaluable collection of ethnology, ranging from Chinese weapons and precious stones to Khon masks and stunning ceramics.
Cheah Kongsi (Malaysia)
Putting forward its stunning architectural art proclaims the unusual history and sacred heritage of the region, guaranteed you will really want to visit Cheah Clan House aka Cheah Kongsi? This ornate Hokkien clan house will stop you right on your path with the only roof shaved with Dutch porcelain and cement statues and an elaborate iron fence. Doubling as a museum, this temple will surpass you with its profound history as you explore antique furniture and precious remains.
Islamic Arts Museum (Malaysia)
The Museum of Islamic Art Malaysia, which was founded by Yayasan Albukhary Foundation, is one of the most popular musuem in Kuala Lumpur, and is considered the largest Islamic art museum in Southeast Asia. Featuring an extensive collection of Islamic decorative arts from around the world, this stunning building is located on the outskirts of the 227-acre Lake Park. An impressive architectural reverence, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia boasts a huge greenish dome on the top of the building, a glass wall that allows natural light to flow in, vaulted ceilings adorned with intricate Islamic patterns, and a vast exhibit space spanning 30,000 square meters and has more than 7,000 artifacts.
Peranakan Museum (Singapore)
A former school that has a beautiful 3 storey building, was built in 1912 in the Colonial District, not far from the famous Raffles Hotel. The museum explores the exciting and vibrant history of Peranakan, tradition, art and culture of the Peranakan community, translated loosely as 'local born', a person of local and foreign heritage. Highlights include an ornate tablecloth made of over a million glass beads and a series of beautifully decorated rooms for various Peranakan excursions.
Fine Arts National Museum (Vietnam)
This large colonial house has a nice collection of new works and historic pieces. Close to the extensive Ben Thanh Market, in a beautifully painted and tiled building, the National Fine Arts Museum is filled with bright courtyards and dazzling galleries. A collection of diverse pieces of history, as well as those from the modern era, including Cham art, contemporary Asian sculpture, and various war-themed paintings, further informing the Vietnam War, coinciding with visits to nearby Cu Chi Tunnels.
Phnom Penh National Museum (Cambodia)
Do not miss this repository for sculptures and relief sculptures that have been discovered from Angkor temples and other ancient sites throughout Cambodia. Located north of the Royal Palace, it can also be referred to as the National Museum of Cambodia. It is in an elegant traditional terracotta design structure (built from 1917 to 1920), with an impressive courtyard garden. This museum is home to the best collection of Khmer statues in the world: millennium worth and more excellent Khmer designs.
Ambarawa Railway Museum (Indonesia)
Ambarawa Railway Museum in Central Java is a nostalgic journey to the cronyism and power of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia. The museum was originally a railway station built in 1873, one of the first stations built in the country. A cultural preservation with an impressive collection, more than two dozen steam locomotives and wooden carriages, as well as galleries full of equipment such as Morse telegraph machines, antique uniforms and furniture. This is a beautiful place to visit and make your feet do not stop stepping to see what is behind the history of the place.
Thailand-Burma Railway Museum (Thailand)
The three hour trip from Bangkok through the beautiful green areas and local villages is invaluable for trips arriving in Kanchanaburi. Located on the location of the Bridge on the River Kwai (the focus of David Lean's classic film), was built, destroyed during World War II and then rebuilt. This museum is an extraordinary place that creeps because of the plight of Allied-American prisoners who built the Siam-Burma Railway, otherwise known as the 'Path of Death'. If the six-hour travel mind does not sound ideal, stay in a floating house on the banks of the River Kwai as an alternative.
Cham Museum (Vietnam)
This colonial structure houses the largest collection of Cham statues in the world. Hindu-inspired culture is rare, but the work of religious art itself - over 300 pieces of sandstone - is also exciting, memorable, and intense. The museum has been expanded twice. The first expansion was in the mid-1930s, with two new galleries providing display space for the objects added in the 1920s and 1930s. Henri Parmentier directed the display based on the areas where sculptures were found.
Neka Art Museum (Indonesia)
See the amazing variety of Balinese paintings here at Ubud Neka Art Museum. Founded by Suteja Neka, a private art collector and dealer of Bali, this museum houses beautiful and diverse pieces of the region. However, the work of foreign painters can also be enjoyed on the upper floors, while the Photography Archive Center contains black and white Balinese photos from the 1930s and 40s.
Source: Jacadatravel, Mariefranceasia, Transindus, Wikipedia