สถานที่ท่องเที่ยว (ต่อ)- TROPICAL FRUIT FARM Teluk Bahang
Enjoy fruits galore at the tropical Fruit Farm. The farm covers an area of 25 acres and is located in the hilly terrain of Teluk Bahang. Over 200 tropical and subtropical fruits are grown in this orchard. They include durians, lychees, mangoes, guavas , avocados and dragon fruits. After touring the farm, you can sample freshly cut fruits or refreshing fruits or refreshing fruit juices.
- PINANG PERANAKAN MANSION George Town
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion was built at the end of the 19th centutry. A recreation of a typical residence of an affluent Penang Baba Nyonya (Straits Chinese) family, it features carved wood panels, English floor titles and Scottish ironworks. On display are elaborate traditional costumes and accessories, lovely porcelain pieces as well as furniture and works of art brought in from China and Europe, which were specially commissioned by the Baba and Nyonya families and Handed down through the generations.
History comes alive at the War Museum in Batu Maung. As you explore this 20-acre museum, you get to observe the liveing quarters of a typical British soldier and his Asian counterparts during WWII. War relics are housed in several insatallation above and below ground built around the remnants of an old British fort. You can weavw through a complex to view barracks, old cookhouses, lock-ups, tunnels and ventilation shafts.
- GURNEY DRIVE Persianran Gurney
This breezy open air food court is the perfect place to sample Penang street food. Asam laksa, hokuen mee, pasembor, rojaj, fried oyster and chee cheong fun are just a fraction of the delectable dekicacies available at food stalls in this popular food haunt. After your meal, enjoy the seafront view as you walk along the promenade.
- PENANG MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
For a number of years residents of Penang had been urging
that Penang should have a Museum & Art Gallery. In 1941, a small museum was
built up at St. Xavier’s Institution; this with all its specimens was wiped out
by enemy action during the war. Another independent effort was made in 1956
under the stimulus of Mr. R.P. Bingham and the nucleus of a museum was
collected in a house in Northam Road. However, owing to the demolition of the
house, this too had to be abandoned and its collections became scattered.
The initiative then passed to the Historical and Art
Societies of Penang, whose members persisted on keeping the need for a Museum
& Art Gallery alive through research, lectures and exhibition held when and
where they could.
In 1962, action was taken by the State Government to secure
a suitable place. The acquisition of the present building, which once housed
the Penang Free School (1821 – 1927) and then the Hutchings School (1928 –
1960) was inspired by the late Y.T.M. Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj who
wished to preserve this dignified old building where he and many leading
citizens had been pupils.
On 10th July 1963, the State Government formed the first
Committee comprising officers and representatives of various interests under
the chairmanship of the State Secretary, Encik Abu Hassan Abdullah, to discuss
the setting up of a Museum & Art Gallery. The outcome was the formation of
a Working Committee under Miss Nicol-Smith, Senior Lecturer in English at
Malayan Teachers’ college and who have had some experience as a Museum Curator
before. After three meetings, this Working Committee presented on 29th October
1963, recommendations to the State Government which accepted in toto on 24th
February 1964, the setting up of a Museum & Art Gallery proper.
However, the Art Gallery Committee was struggling behind to
establish its own section due to the lack of funds. A happy ending was reached
when the Museum Committee decided to make available $3,000/- of its grant with
a joint office so that the Museum & Art Gallery could be open officially to
the public on 14th April 1965.
The Museum & Art Gallery was planned as a regional one
administered by two sub-committees under a joint Main Committee. Its staffing
then consisted of a Hon. Curator, a Museum Secretary, typist, four attendants
and a watchman. They became the pioneers and core of the Museum staff to this
day.
Although its emphasis was rightly on local history, art and
crafts and the natural history of Penang, the Museum & Art Gallery, through
constant permanent and temporary exhibitions, widened its scope. Its aim can
best be summed up in the words of the unveiled plaque:-
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