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Malaysia travel
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Visiting Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
As the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur features the National Museum, the country’s main history museum. However, its best museum is the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. Despite its name, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia features a large collection of historical artifacts from across the Islamic world including weapons, ceramics, and copies of the Islamic holy […]
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Hong Kong travel
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Visiting Hong Kong Museum of History
Hong Kong is a tiny city-state that is more well known for finance and business than history. But the fact is Hong Kong, as an urban settlement, has a history of over 150 years, while villages in its rural New Territories have been around for over 500! The Hong Kong Museum of History is a […]
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Southeast Asia travel
Thailand travel
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Visiting Bangkok National Museum
Bangkok is visited by millions of tourists every year, but museums are probably not at the top of the list. However, Thailand is an old country with a lot of history and culture, which is reflected by the Bangkok National Museum, the country’s main history museum. Located near the Grand Palace, the Bangkok National Museum […]
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China
China travel
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Visiting Beijing’s Capital Museum
Beijing’s Capital Museum is in a large gray, unattractive building that doesn’t give much indication about the historical treasures and fantastic displays inside. It’s a museum about Beijing’s history, but with more interactivity than most Chinese museums. Inside the museum’s large open interior, on one side are the main exhibits on several floors. On the other corner […]
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Europe travel
Germany travel
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Visiting Berlin’s German Historical Museum
Berlin is ideal for museum enthusiasts like myself because of its multitude of museums. It even has a Museum Island, a cluster of museums on the northern half of an island in the Spree River, right in the middle of the city. Museum Island consists of five museums, each with a different focus and each […]
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South Korea travel
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Visiting the National Museum of Korea
South Koreans are known to be proud of their history and culture, and their national history museum demonstrates this quite well. The National Museum of Korea is a massive, imposing building that contrasts with a pleasant artificial lake in front. The building’s entrance is a huge, conical glass section that leads directly to the exhibits […]
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South Korea travel
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Visiting Seoul’s War Memorial of Korea museum
Seoul is a great city to visit for many reasons, one of them being that it has several impressive museums like the National Museum of Korea history museum and the War Memorial of Korea. The War Memorial of Korea is the most impressive military museum I’ve ever visited. It has an actual air armada and […]
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