Beruas Museum, Historical museum in Manjung, Malaysia
The Beruas Museum is a museum building in Manjung housing over 300 artifacts from archaeological excavations conducted in 1991. The collection documents findings from various historical periods and illustrates the activities of earlier inhabitants and traders in the region.
The building was originally the Beruas courthouse, later used as a KEMAS district office before being renovated into a museum. On 23 May 1995 the Director-General of the National Museum handed it to the Perak State Government, and in July 1995 Menteri Besar Ramli Ngah Talib opened it to the public.
The museum's name and collection centre on Gangga Negara, a kingdom known mainly from Malay texts and from artefacts found by villagers around Beruas. About 300 objects are displayed, with illustration maps and notes on the kingdom's past; the finds themselves are kept by the National Museum.
The museum occupies the former Beruas courthouse, a building that earlier served as the local KEMAS office before its conversion. It stands in Beruas, in the Manjung District of Perak, about 4.5°N and 100.78°E. The building was handed to the Perak State Government on 23 May 1995 and opened to the public that July.
The museum building was originally a KEMAS office before becoming the Beruas courthouse, and it was this courthouse that was renovated into the museum. The Perak State Government received the building on 23 May 1995, and the Menteri Besar of Perak, Ramli Ngah Talib, opened it in July 1995.
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