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The Tanjung Balau Fishermen 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 Tanjung Balau,
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Johor Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...
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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 ...
about fishermen.


History

The construction of the museum began on 20 August 1990 and completed on 8 July 1992 with a total cost of MYR1.48 million which consisted of one main building. In 1997, a souvenir shop was built to be part of the museum. In 2005, the museum was upgraded to include three new galleries.


Architecture

The museum consists of four galleries, which are geology, sea safety, Desaru shipwreck and special exhibition.


Exhibitions

The museum exhibits around 250 artifacts of fishermen equipment. It also displays more than 50 fishermen ships.


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 ...


References


External links

* 1992 establishments in Malaysia Kota Tinggi District Museums established in 1992 Museums in Johor {{Malaysia-museum-stub