10 Art Museums in Penang Island That You Shouldn't Miss

Visit what was once a Hajj Agent's Office and learn more about one of busiest port in Southeast Asia during the Muslim holy month of Hajj.

The first museum in penang that offers a dreamy starry sky mirror space where you can walking in and seems to be in the starry sky ! Besides that we also provides a transformers body suit and line bears costume. Its super cute and amazing

Situated in an old-style Penang house with its long, narrow architecture and a central atrium, Teochew Puppet and Opera House is a museum of Teochew opera art, the first of its kind in Malaysia. The museum contains exhibits of Teochew iron-rod puppets as well as costumes and props from live-size Teochew opera, telling the story of a remarkable family of opera performers over five generations. Visitors may also try on authentic opera costumes and try their hand at manipulating the unique iron-rod puppets. Though it is primarily an exhibition space, the Teochew Puppet & Opera House still occasionally holds opera performances, talks and workshops in the premises after hours.

Penang State Museum and Art Gallery Officially open in 1962, the Museum houses a fine collection of old photographs, maps, charts and other historical relics. There are also Malay daggers (keris), Chinese furniture, embroidery and paintings of old Penang. At the Penang State Museum there are also interesting sections which recounts the bloody nine days of rioting between Chinese secret societies in 1867, attributed by bewildered British authorities to a rambutan-throwing incident. Georgetown suffered a near civil war before the administrators took a firm hand. The societies were heavily fined and the proceeds used to build police stations which subsequently kept the peace. The Penang State Art Gallery on the other hand is situated at a different premise which is at Dewan Sri Pinang, Light Street, a stone thrown away from the Museum premise . There are two Art Galleries which is situated in Dewan Sri Pinang. The Art Gallery on the Ground floor displays the works of local artists and is the venue for special exhibitions meanwhile the exhibition hall at the 3rd Floor housed the Permanent Collection which comprises of paintings donated or bought from the artists.

Malaya Bicycle Museum is the largest museum in South East Asia. It consist of various vintage collections dated from 1817, which is the first bicycle in the world. Come and visit this most unique collection and walk with us through the history and development of bicycles.

We produce all Art of Glass.We have the title in 'Malaysia's Book of Record'for being the 'Longest Glass Batik in Malaysia',and also for being the First Glass Museum in Malaysia.