Maybank Numismatic Museum

The Maybank Numismatic Museum is located on the first floor of Menara Maybank at Jalan Tun Perak. It is situated near Pudu Raya Bus Terminal in KL.

Set up in 1988, the Maybank Numismatic Museum was set up to preserve the country's currency heritage. It houses an impressive collection of coins and notes from the time of early Malaya until the present day.

There is a collection of local and regional coins and notes, and interestingly, some dating back to the Melaka Sultanate. The museum also serves as a centre for research into Malaysia's numismatic history. 

Visitors are not allowed to take photographs, but there are postcards and brochures depicting the collection.

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia located at Jalan Lembah Perdana houses various themed galleries. Among the galleries found here is the Islamic Architecture Gallery which showcases miniature replicas of renowned buildings such as the Taj Mahal, lmam lsmail Albukhary Mosque and Museum and the Amir Timur Mausoleum.

Apart from this gallery is the Standard Chartered Ottoman Room which displays objects from the reign of the Ottoman Empire of Turkey and Syria. In the AI-Quran and Manuscript Gallery is a collection of more than 200 Islamic manuscripts which include a 30-judz' AI-Quran from the Ming Dynasty.

National Museum

Located on the fringe of Taman Tasik Perdana (the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens), the National Museum is the principal museum in the country. it was set up in 1963 to serve as a repository of Malaysia's rich cultural heritage and as the centre for imparting knowledge on the country's historical past.

The various galleries housed within the Museum provide interesting insights into the country's development. They are the Historical Gallery, Metalwork and Musical Instruments Gallery, Cultural Gallery, National Sports Gallery and Natural History Gallery.

Facilities include a conservation laboratory, a library with more than 6,500 titles catering to researchers, students and individuals in the field of archaeology, ethnology, natural history and other similar disciplines, and a photographic studio containing slides and negatives on various subjects of interest to the museum. 

Thematic exhibitions are held from time to time. On the museum's grounds are static displays including old locomotives, vintage cars and a replica of an ancientmala palace.

MISC Museum

Set up by the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation in 1992, the MISC Museum is the first of its kind Malaysia. Located at the ground floor of Wisma MISC in Jalan Conlay, the Museum gives an insight into MISC's development as the national shipping line since its incorporation in 1968. The museum is divided into 12 sections, each dealing with a particular range of related subjects such as shipbuilding, ships of the world, communications at sea, history of ships in Malaysia, maritime laws and career at sea.

Telekom Museum

Standing among Kuala Lumpur's skyscrapers at the junction of Jalan Raja Chulan and Jalan Gereja is a unique two story building of Neo Classical Greek architecture. 

Built in 1928 to house the Central Battery Manual Telephone Exchange, this building with eight imposing pillars as its dominant feature was gazette for conservation in 1985 after the Prime Minister stepped in to stop it from being demolished to make way for a new 26 story office complex. Over 10 million was spent in its restoration.

The building itself was used as a telephone exchange in the old days. Today, this 70-year-old two-storey building contains eight imposing columns and features a sprawling 900 square metres of exhibition space. It is the first interactive museum in the country. 

Known as the Museum Telekomunikasi Negara or National Telecommunications Museum it captures 120 years of telecommunications development, from the early days of the Morse Code Telegraph with its "ketuk-ketuk" to the cellular phones and digital networks of today.

Bank Negara Money Museum

Housed within the Central Bank building, the Bank Negara Money Museum serves as a repository for the country's numismatic heritage. 

Bank Negara Malaysia started issuing its own currency in 1967 and since 1979, it has been purchasing coins sporadically with the objective of setting up its own Money Museum.

Furthermore, as the Bank regularly receives many visitors each year, including school children and VIPs, the Bank felt it would also be desirable to display its collection and preserve the national heritage by having a public museum to show the evolution of money in the country from early to modern times.

The plan to have an authoritative depository for the Bank's growing numismatic collection became a reality with the opening of the Money Museum on 5 April 1989. 

It was officially opened by Datin Seri Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamed Ali, wife of the Malaysian Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, in conjunction with the thirtieth Anniversary of Bank Negara Malaysia. 

An important aim of the museum is to disseminate knowledge pertaining to the evolution of Malaysian currency through its exhibitions and publications. 

Coins, currency notes, tokens and other artifacts are displayed at the museum.

Biomedical Museum

It aims to be a central biomedical reference repository for Institute for Medical Research (IMR) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) which was establish in 1983. It is located ta Jalan Pahang,

The IMR Layout Model Plan is exhibited in the lobby of the museum together with posters of research highlights. Historical exhibits of instruments used by past researchers are also displayed in the lobby. 

These include items such as a centrifuge, autoclaves, and there is also an educational model showing various habitats where different species of mosquitoes are found which have appropriately been labeled to inform the public about which vector-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue, are transmitted by the mosquitoes shown.

The biomedical museum has two exhibition galleries. In the historical section, there are posters displaying the history of IMR with its achievements and research write-ups. There are also displays of photographs of past researchers and their research activities. 

In this gallery too, there is a collection of antique laboratory equipment, such as microscopes, scales or balances and other small equipment. There are also preserved specimens of human organs showing various pathologies and these have appropriately been labeled and displayed in a special section. 

There are also displays of several publications and annual reports from the years 1900 – 1929. The photographs of past Directors of IMR since 1900 are also on exhibit for the added interest and information of visitors. 

The second gallery displays several posters showing current research findings and achievements of IMR since its beginnings in the 1900s. There are also displays of IMR souvenirs in celebration of the institute's 50, 75 and 100 years. 

The museum specimen room has a collection of dry specimens of small mammals, such as rodents, squirrels, flying squirrels and flying foxes . There are also preserved wet specimens of reptiles, amphibians and mammals, such as snakes, frogs and bats . Some of these specimens have been displayed in the corridors between the galleries. 

Researchers from the local institutions as well as from centres outside the country use the facilities of the biomedical museum as a source of reference with emphasis on the study of zoonotic diseases and their modes of transmission, as well as rodent control measures.