Paddy Museum

The Paddy Museum (Malay: Muzium Padi) is a museum in Alor Setar, Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.[1]

Paddy Museum
Muzium Padi
Established12 October 2004
LocationAlor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Coordinates6°11′29.2″N 100°19′33.6″E
Typemuseum

History

The museum was constructed on a land belonged to the Malaysian Agricultural Development Authority at a cost of MYR24.7 million.[2] It was inaugurated and opened on 12 October 2004 by Kedah Sultan Abdul Halim.[3][4]

Architecture

The museum is a 3-story building with a total area of 12,000 m2.[5] It resembles bushels of harvested rice stalks decorated with rice motifs.[6] The murals on the museum wall was done by 60 artists from North Korea.[7]

Exhibitions

The museum exhibits paddy cultivation process in Malaysia and the tools and equipment for the process over the past decades.

See also

References
  1. "Muzium Padi pertama di dunia". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  2. "Kedah Rice Museum (Muzium Padi Nasional), Gunung Keriang, Kedah, Malaysia".
  3. "Kedah Paddy Museum - Muzium Padi, Kedah, Malaysia".
  4. "Muzium Padi" [Paddy Museum]. Portal Rasmi Lembaga Muzium Negeri Kedah Darul Aman (in Malay). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. "Kedah Paddy Museum".
  6. Malaysia Traveller (29 December 2018). "Kedah Paddy Museum: Beautiful murals capture history of paddy". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  7. "Kedah Paddy Museum".
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