National Textile Museum

National Textile Museum
Tekstil Negara
The Textile Museum in 2007, prior to its official opening. The building carried the Textile Museum name in the intermediate years after the High Court moved out of the building in the mid-to-late 2000s.
General information
Type	Museum
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Opening	9 January 2010
Height
Architectural	Indo-Saracenic Revival
Technical details
Floor count	2.5
Floor area	3,145.3 m2
Design and construction
Architect	Arthur Benison Hubback
Website
www.muziumtekstilnegara.gov.my

The National Textile Museum (Malay: Muzium Tekstil Negara) is a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

History

Designed by Arthur Benison Hubback in an Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture, the building was originally completed in 1905 to house the headquarters for the Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR). After the FMSR moved to the Railway Administration Building in 1917, the building was handed to the Selangor Public Works department, and has subsequently housed various government and commercial occupants, including the Selangor Water Department, the Malaysian Central Bank, Agricultural Bank of Malaysia, Malaysian Craft and the High Court, before being converted for use as the National Textile Museum and opened to the public on 9 January 2010.

It was gazetted as a historical building in 1983.

Architecture

The museum building is a 2.5-floor building, occupying an area of 3,145.3 m².

Exhibitions

• Pohon Budi Gallery
• Pelangi Gallery
• Teluk Berantai Gallery
• Ratna Sari Gallery

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance south west of Masjid Jamek LRT Station of RapidKL.

See also

• List of museums in Malaysia
• List of tourist attractions in Malaysia