Shipwreck Treasures
Went for a jogging this morning and suddenly my son saw a sign showing the way to the museum and insisted that we head our way there. As I am not that fond using the underpass connecting Lake Garden and National Museum (the smell is terrible), I drove to the museum after warming down.
The both of us were really sweaty and smelly. Haha. The air-conditioning during our 5 minutes drive to the museum did not really help.
There’s a new exhibition at Muzium Negara (National Museum) about Shipwreck Treasures going on now from 15 August 2011 until 1 January 2012.
The exhibition is to educate us about the significance of maritime archaeology and to display collection of discoveries from shipwrecks which were discovered throughout Malaysia waters.
The Malaysian waters was one of the most important trade routes in the world, traversed by merchants from China, Siam, India, Persia, Arabia and the Malay Archipelago since the start of the century and perhaps even earlier. The Southeast Asian waters not only brought together civilisations but became the setting of many tragic shipwrecks.
Effort to find these wrecks has been carried out since 1980 by several parties, each with their own agenda. Systematic work based on techniques of maritime archaeology only started in 1995 when the museum salvaged the Dutch warship, Nassau, at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.
Other wrecks that has been discovered in Malaysian waters include The Diana, The Wanli, The Desaru, Royal Nanhai and few others. The Diana has been discovered near Petronas oilrig in the straits of Malacca, The Desaru at the coast of Desaru Johor, The Wanli at the coast of Dungun, Terengganu and Royal Nanhai was found 40 nautical miles east of Kuantan in Peninsular Malaysia.
Here are some pictures from the exhibition:
Anyway to find out more, do visit the exhibition.
poster taken from JMM website: www.jmm.gov.my
37 Comments
Jiji
kak worth going or not? in term of masa.. berapa lama u spent dlm tu?
valgalart
thank you for taking us on this lovely adventure 🙂
Juan
kak emila post la lagi gambar bebanyak
Bella Enveeus
Hi kak emi!
Can take photos kat dalam ke? I think the last time I go to Muzium Negara was the hantu exhibition.. Haha.. Dah bertahun jugak tu.. But sometimes pergi mmg best.. Cuma quite jauh for me from Kajang ni..
Marms
Looks like an interesting place to visit.
Mariuca
Wah wah wah berjogging sakan nampak!
Mariuca
Is that Yassin? Nampak lain.. hope u guys had a great run! 🙂
emila
yes, that’s yassin. he keeps growing…dekat sekolah makan nasi lemak 4 bungkus! i was so terkejut! to date oso, still makan 4 bungkus.
emila
hahahahahah
emila
it is marms! come and visit the museum!
emila
dalam museum can, only kat art gallery je tak boleh. LOL hantu dah lama tu! i tak pegi pun tengok pameran tu. takpe, whenever you have freee time, go and visit the museum.
emila
ok, nanti saya post banyak2
emila
thank you valerie, glad you like it.
emila
worth going. you get to know what ship sank where. and the porcelains semua lawa2. lebih kurang one hour and a half. nak kena baca sejarahnya sekali.
Shemah
Wuah!! At least you have your camera with you at all times!! 🙂
I think my mom would love to go to this exhibition. She loves all the antique porcelains. She even bought one “sunken treasure” at an auction once.. and I said jangan, nanti hantu laut ikut balik rumah! LOL!
Btw, Yassin looks sooo grown up now! My son pun kuat makan tapi badan tak naik2.
hana
Muzium Negara memang kellasss!!
Teringat pameran hantu beberapa tahun yang lepas T_T
mazny
Yep, I went to this one too 🙂
mazny
It is so amazing to see what are inside the shipwreck, kan?
mazny
My hometown is near the beach, facing the South East China Sea.
mazny
Masa kecil, memang ada dua tiga buah kapal karam (atau hanyut) tersadai tepi pantai.
mazny
But they are small ships. My mom kata, tongkang.
mazny
LOL, I tak suka pergi pameran tu.
mazny
Banyak betul sejarah yang nak kena baca tu.
mazny
Dulu, I pun ada ambil gambar pameran ni.
mazny
Plan nak buat blog entri. Tapi dah terpadam.
mazny
It’s nice to see how the managed to bring up those treasures from a deep sea.
mazny
Sometimes, I wonder, serbuk-serbuk kopi dalam balang yang kedap tu, boleh guna lagi ke?
mazny
Handsomenya gambar budak tepi sauh besar tu!
mazny
Lama juga berdiri depan artifak tu.
mazny
Anak siapa tu? 😀
mazny
Yes, it is. It’s worth your time.
mazny
Oh, masa ni, Yassin tak kira berapa longkang yang ada?
mazny
Haha, mesti ada banyak.
mazny
Lama sebab ada nak teliti satu persatu.
mazny
Lepas tu, kena tengok barang yang dipamerkan.
mazny
Barang barang yang masih elok
mazny
Yes yes