National Textile Museum : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Kuala Lumpur Textile Museum is located within the Sultan Abdul Samad Building area. The Museum displays an interesting range of Malaysian cloths from the various states. Serving as a repository for the Malaysian textile heritage, this museum also disseminates information regarding the usage, creativity and foreign influence on the industry.

There are several exhibition galleries at the venue including Pohon Budi Gallery. The Pohon Budi Gallery showcases the origins of textiles from the pre-historic times as well as its growth through trade. Also exhibited are the tools, materials and traditional techniques of textile-making through the processes of weaving, embroidery, batik-making, gold embroidering, knitting and beading work with particular focus on the country's predominant textiles such as the songket (a silk sarong with golden thread woven into it)

The Ratna Sari Gallery exhibits jewelry items and personal adornments of the various ethnic groups in Malaysia made of gold, silver, copper, beads and plants, which are designed to be worn on the various parts of the body, from head to toe. Amongst them are the crown, dangling earrings, hair pin, necklace with a large concave pendant, large waist buckle usually made of silver, bracelet, chastity plate, anklet and various others.

Serving as a repository for the Malaysian textile heritage, this museum also disseminates information regarding the usage, creativity and foreign influence on the industry. For more info and packages please visit www.sota.travel.com

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