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The Sitiawan Settlement Museum is a
museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
in Koh Village,
Sitiawan Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay language, Malay, a portmanteau of ''wikt:setia, Setia wikt:kawan, Kawan'', meaning "Loyal Friend") is a mukim and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The region spans an area o ...
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Manjung District The Manjung District, formerly known as Dindings, is a district in the south-western part of the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is the 26th-most populated district in Malaysia. It is administered by the Manjung Municipal Council (), formerly kn ...
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Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...
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Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
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History

The museum building was constructed in 1935 as the house for Pioneer Methodist Church pastors. On 7 September 2003, the house was converted into a museum.


Architecture

The museum is housed in a two-story building.


Exhibitions

The museum exhibits various antique artifacts from the early days of the church. It houses more than 500 items of records, photos and historical documents on the early works by the Christians coming from
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See also

*
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 Muse ...
* List of tourist attractions in Perak


References


External links

* 2003 establishments in Malaysia Manjung District Museums established in 2003 Museums in Perak {{Malaysia-museum-stub