THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF KUCHING

  8TH SEPTEMBER 2022   ~ There was another museum right beside the hotel we were staying: The Natural History Museum.We stopped by while walking to the newer museum opposite it.

There were two small halls that housed and exhibited a collection of dead animals.

The funny thing about this place is that visitors were not allowed to take photos using real cameras. However one was free to use he/her camera phone.

Opposite this museum, on top of the hill was the old State Museum [I think]. I remember going there during my first visit to Kuching with the school trip many years ago.

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3rd DECEMBER 2019 ~There were not many people at the museum when I was there. It was definitely not an attraction to people who visited Hat Yai. However, I met a Malaysian family who came to the museum, there were 6 of them I think. I was lucky as one of them was kind enough to book a Grab car for me to get back to the hotel as there was no free wi-fi detected. 😊

Other than to educate the public, this museum also acts as a research, training and conservation centre.

If you wonder why the museum is named after Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, this because, being an educated and learned person, she had a very deep interest in Science, natural resources and environment. There are even a few species of flora and fauna named after here upon discoveries.

My hat's off to all the people who are involved in making this place a museum of high standard. A lot of money must have been spent and will need more to maintain this place, but it is worth every single baht.  A museum is not just a place for tourists to visit, but it is also an educational avenue to nourish one's hungry soul for knowledge and  experience.

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3rd DECEMBER 2019 - My other travel mates seemed not to be interested to visit a museum so I decided to go there on my own right after the trip to the market. I had searched for this place on the internet and it looked interesting. The name of the museum is already a mouthful: Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhron Natural History Museum.

I took a Grab Car from the hotel and there was this interesting piece of conversation between the driver and me.

DRIVER: Are you a teacher?

ME: How do you know?
DRIVER: Because you go to the museum.

😁

The driver confessed that he did not even know the museum existed until the moment he had to send me there. And his wife is a teacher too.

The museum is actually located in Prince Songkhla University, Hat Yai Campus. The museum is managed and administered by the university's Faculty of Science. I am impressed with their effort and ability to establish and run with a museum of a very high standard.

This should be a great place for people to learn new things, especially the young ones. Museum should be an avenue to educate society hence more money should be contributed so as to make sure the responsible party could develop and maintain one of the nation's resource centres.

the tooth of an elephant

The museum exhibited quite a large number of collections of flora and fauna and one would need more time to explore this place.
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2


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