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Kite Museum (Malacca)
Kite Museum () is a museum about kites in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which was officially opened in September 1995 by Chief Minister Mohd Zin Abdul Ghani in conjunction with the Regional Malay Customs seminar. It occupies the upper floor of the former Historical City Municipal Council building, originally constructed in the 1960s and believed to be built on top of the ruins of Dutch building, which also houses the People's Museum and Beauty Museum at the ground floor and top floor respectively. The museum displays various aspects of kites, such as communication, use as weapons, sport, leisure activities, how different countries make kites, different materials to make kites, role of kites in the life of people etc. It also displays the Wau Gallery, Traditional Games, Top Spinning Gallery and Datuk Wira Haji Md Borhan bin Yaman Gallery. It opens everyday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. See also * List of museums in Malaysia * List of tourist attractions in Malacca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca City
Malacca City ( or ') is the List of capitals in Malaysia, capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca, in Melaka Tengah District. It is List of cities by time of continuous habitation, the oldest Malaysian city on the Straits of Malacca, having become a successful entrepôt in the era of the Malacca Sultanate. The present-day city was founded by Parameswara (king), Parameswara, a Sumatran prince who escaped to the Malay Peninsula when Srivijaya fell to the Majapahit. Following the establishment of the Malacca Sultanate, the city drew the attention of traders from the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia, as well as the Portuguese, who intended to dominate the trade route in Asia. After Malacca was conquered by Portuguese Empire, Portugal, the city became an area of conflict when the sultanates of Aceh Sultanate, Aceh and Johor Sultanate, Johor attempted to take control from the Portuguese. Following a number of wars between these territories, Aceh declined in influence whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kite
A kite is a tethered heavier than air flight, heavier-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create Lift (force), lift and Drag (physics), drag forces. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. Kites often have a bridle and tail to guide the face of the kite so the wind can lift it. Some kite designs do not need a bridle; box kites can have a single attachment point. A kite may have fixed or moving anchors that can balance the kite. The name is derived from the kite (bird), kite, the hovering bird of prey. There are several shapes of kites. The Lift (force), lift that sustains the kite in flight is generated when air moves around the kite's surface, producing low pressure above and high pressure below the wings. The interaction with the wind also generates horizontal Drag (physics), drag along the direction of the wind. The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of one or more of the rope, lines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Malacca City
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see ''Nonbuilding structure'' for contrast. Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical separation of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) from the ''outside'' (a place that may be harsh and harmful at times). buildings have been objects or canvasses of much artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building practi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Establishments In Malaysia
1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government no longer providing public funding, marking the beginning of the Information Age. America Online and Prodigy (online service), Prodigy offered access to the World Wide Web system for the first time this year, releasing browsers that made it easily accessible to the general public. Events January * January 1 ** The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). ** Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union. * January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard then ''Mir'' space station, breaking a duration record. * January 10–January 15, 15 – The World Youth Day 1995 festival is held in Manila, Manila, Philippines, culminating in 5 million people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tourist Attractions In Malacca
This is the list of tourist attractions in Malacca, Malaysia. Community * Chitty Village * Hang Tuah Village * Jonker Walk * Little India, Malacca, Little India * Morten Village * Portuguese Settlement, Malacca, Portuguese Settlement Convention centres * Malacca International Trade Centre Galleries *Upside Down House Gallery Malacca * Batang Tiga Police Station Gallery * Casa Cuba * Demang Abdul Ghani Gallery * Gallery of Admiral Cheng Ho * Macau Gallery Malacca * Malacca Art Gallery * Melaka Bee Gallery * Malacca Chief Minister’s Gallery * Malacca Craft Centre * Malacca Folks Art Gallery * Malacca Gallery (Malaysia), Malacca Gallery * Malacca Golf Gallery * Malacca House Historical buildings * Church of St. Francis Xavier (Melaka) * Fortress of Malacca, Porta de Santiago * Middelburg Bastion * Hang Li Poh's Well * Hang Tuah's Well * Malacca Light * Melaka Warrior Monument * Melaka Sultanate Watermill * Portuguese Well * Proclamation of Independenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Museums In Malaysia
This is a list of museums in Malaysia. Johor * Bugis Museum * Johor Figure Museum , Temporarily closed * Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum * Kite Museum * Kota Johor Lama Museum * Kota Tinggi Museum * Mersing Museum * Pineapple Museum , Temporarily closed * Tanjung Balau Fishermen Museum * The Royal Abu Bakar Museum , Temporarily closed Kedah * Bujang Valley Archaeological Museum *Galeria Perdana , Temporarily closed *Kedah State Forestry Museum *Kedah State Museum *Kedah Royal Museum *Kota Kuala Kedah Museum * Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Gallery , Temporarily closed * Paddy Museum Kelantan * Bank Kerapu Second World War Memorial * Istana Batu Royal Museum * Museum of Royal Traditions and Customs * Kelantan Islamic Museum , Temporarily closed * Kelantan State Museum * Wau Museum Kuala Lumpur * Bank Negara Museum and Art Gallery * Biomedical Museum * Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia * Malay World Ethnology Museum * Maybank Numismatic Museum , Temporar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kite Types
Kites are tethered flying objects which fly by using aerodynamic lift, requiring wind (or towing) for generation of airflow over the lifting surfaces. Various types of kites exist, depending on features such as material, shape, use, or operating skills. Kites may fly in air, water, or other fluids such as gas and other liquid gaining lift through deflection of the supporting medium. Variations in design of tethering systems and lifting surfaces are regularly introduced, with lifting surfaces varying in stiffness from limp sheet material to fully solid material. Manufacture Kites may be built by the flier or by a dedicated kite manufacturer, which may be a member of the Kite Trade Association International (KTAI), which also includes kite retailers. Materials Kites have been made from the following materials: *Plastic – for example, a Styrofoam-only kite *Organic materials – such as plant leaves and grass *Paper *Textiles such as rip-stop nylon, nylon, or Dacron Wing c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Museum
Beauty Museum or Museum of Enduring Beauty () is a museum about beauty standards and concepts in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which was opened in 1996. It occupies the top floor of the former Historical City Municipal Council building, originally constructed in the 1960s and believed to be built on top of the ruins of Dutch building, which also houses the People's Museum and Kite Museum at the ground and the upper floor respectively. The museum exhibits the standard of beauty since ancient until modern times and different concepts of beauty as practiced by different cultures. Among those different beauty concepts are skin tattooing, lip stretching by round discs insertion, tooth filing, scarification, head molding into oval shapes and feet growth restricting. It opens everyday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. See also * List of museums in Malaysia * List of tourist attractions in Malacca This is the list of tourist attractions in Malacca, Malaysia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca
Malacca (), officially the Historic State of Malacca (), is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca. The state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south. The Enclaves and exclaves, exclave of Tanjung Tuan also borders Negeri Sembilan to the north. Its capital is Malacca City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription#2008 (32nd session), 2008. Malacca has diverse tropical rainforest and experiences an equatorial climate. Situated immediately south of the Titiwangsa Mountains, the state is mostly level and dotted with inselbergs, with Bukit Gapis as the highest point. Although it was the location of one of the earliest Malay sultanates, namely the Malacca Sultanate, the local monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese Capture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Museum
People's Museum () is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which records and preserves the achievements of Malacca in the development sector and officially opened on 15 April 1992 by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. It is located at the ground floor of the former Malacca City Council, Historical City of Malacca Municipal Council building, originally constructed in the 1960s and believed to be built on top of the ruins of Dutch building, which also houses the Beauty Museum and Kite Museum (Melaka), Kite Museum at the upper floors. The museum building is divided into three parts, which focuses on the development carried out for the people's benefit and the success attained by the State of Malacca: the Sports Gallery, Community Gallery and UNESCO section. In front of the building, there is a courtyard in which the transportation area is located and was established in collaboration with Keretapi Tanah Melayu, Malayan Railway, Royal Malaysian Air Force and West Malaysia De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacca City Council
Malacca City Council, officially known as the Melaka Historic City Council (, MBMB) is the city council which administers Malacca City and most part of Melaka Tengah District. It is responsible for public health and sanitation, cleanliness management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of urban infrastructure. The MBMB main headquarters is located at Graha Makmur in Ayer Keroh, just outside its area of jurisdiction and opposite that of Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council at Melaka Mall (formerly known as Plaza Kotamas). History The Municipality of the Town and Fort of Malacca, wide, was established in 1824 by the British East India Company for the purpose of town planning, public order and collection of assessment rates. The council's activities were briefly disrupted during Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1942 until 1945, and resumed afterwards. On 1 January 1977, the Municipality Auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
