As reported in NST.
GEORGE TOWN: Locals and tourists will soon have an extra venue to explore the island's rich heritage and artifacts.
This is made possible with the opening of the state's museum and art gallery's new branch in Jalan Macalister here on Saturday.
State museum board chairman Wong Hon Wai said the opening of the new branch marked a new chapter in the history of the state's museum.
"It is our vision to make use of this new place to further promote the history and arts of our state.
"We hope to have something unique, something vibrant and something extraordinary, to compliment our existing museum in Lebuh Farquhar," he said at the signing and handover ceremony of the building between the state museum board and the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP).
The state's museum was represented by Wong and MPPP by its president Patahiyah Ismail.
Wong said it would take between three and five years to fully equip the new place with collections of the island's heritage and artifacts.
He said visits to various museums in the world, such as the Pearl Harbour Memorial in Hawaii, the War Museum in Hiroshima, Japan and the Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, had given him new insights about the countries' history and livelihood of its people.
The state museum and art galley was established in 1964 at Lebuh Farquhar.
In 1994, the art gallery was moved to Dewan Sri Pinang.
As reported in The Star
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* People's Voice
Tuesday September 21, 2010
Restored building to house museum
A HERITAGE building on Macalister Road near Komtar in George Town has been turned into a branch of the Penang state museum.
The 98-year-old building at 57 Macalister Road was in a derelict state for 15 years before the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) started renovating it in 2001.
Like new: The Penang International Print Exhibition 2010 is now being held at 57, Jalan Macalister.
Council president Patahiyah Ismail said due to the building’s heritage category 2 classification, the RM6.5 million renovation work took six years before it was completed at the end of 2007.
“Time was needed to carefully scrape the previous layers of paints and look for the original tiles,” she said, adding that the building was now sporting its original colour.
Penang Town and Country Planning, Housing and Arts Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai, who is also the state museum board’s chairman, said it would take time to promote the building.
“It will take us three to five years to have a good collection of artefacts and collection. However, we will continue our efforts to make this museum an important education source for Penangites and tourists,” he said.
Museum director Haryany Mohamad said no entry fee would be charged for the moment but it would be imposed when there is a good collection of exhibits at the double-storey building.
She expected the entry fee to be higher than the RM1 per person charged at the museum on Farquhar Street.
The Penang International Print Exhibition 2010 is currently being held at the Macalister Road building. It will end on Oct 16.
Haryany said the Penang state art gallery would also use the building to showcase artwork and organise activities involving visual arts.
The MPPP handed over the building to the state museum board in a ceremony last Saturday, which was witnessed by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
The building was first used as the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital from 1915 to 1955 when the hospital moved to its present premises on Jalan Residensi.
Lim hoped that the heritage building could become a tool to promote Penang as a vibrant and cultural heritage city.
“I hope that this building will be a museum that can personify our unique culture and heritage with its artefacts and exhibitions.
“We want unorthodox and dynamic displays that can attract the younger generation,” he said in his speech during the handing over ceremony on Saturday.
中路57號正式成為檳州博物館分館由星洲日報大北馬于 2010年9月18日22:10 发布
空置了15年的檳城中路57號建築物在各造的努力和配合下，正式重新啟用，成為檳州博物館分館！
檳島市政局於昨日由中路57號建築物信託委員會主席芭蒂希雅代表簽署了建築物移交同意書後，正式將該建築物移交給檳城博物館委員會主席黃漢偉。
檳州首席部長林冠英在移交儀式時說，博物館是檳州的重要資產，值得一提的是，在中路57號建築物被空置15年後，在檳島市政局及檳州政府的努力下，讓它重新“活起來”了。
他希望透過檳城博物館分館，能夠協助將檳州打造成為一個有活力及魄力的文化遺產城。
他說，如果要將檳城的獨特表現出來的話，就需要做得與別人不一樣，這樣才能夠吸引別人的注意。
“如果能夠在歷史中注入新元素和理念，讓博物館不只是樂齡人士喜愛的地方，而能夠引起年輕人的興趣，選擇光顧博物館，這才算是真正的成功。”
★黃漢偉在致詞時說，一些世界著名的博物館，如英國博物館耗了大約100年，才算完整形成，因此中路57號也需要3至5年的時間，才能夠建立成為真正的博物館。
他說，檳州博物館的格言是“博物館教育予全體人民”，博物館教育是一種學習，學習展覽物品、展覽品的由來、歷史，學習如何把展覽物品排放在博物館內。
“檳城是個受世界矚目的城市，一座在政府旗下的博物館更應擴充，增加更多的收藏品，檳城的文化歷史及藝術。”
他希望遊客、歷史愛好者，尤其是檳州政府權力支持本地旅遊業及大力推廣本地文化遺產。如果沒有大家的支持，一座博物館也變得沒意義了。
也是檳島市政局主席的芭蒂希雅也在會上致詞。一同出席的包括檳州旅遊發展委員會主席羅興強、州議員黃偉益、鄭雨週、佳日星、檳州博物館館長哈麗雅妮、檳城畫廊主席拿督鄧康賢等人
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