Darul Ridzuan Museum, British colonial museum in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Darul Ridzuan Museum is a colonial-era building in Ipoh housing displays about the region's industrial past. The structure contains eight rooms on the upper floor, two on the ground level, and four additional spaces in the rear section.
A tin mining merchant named Foo Choong Kit built this residence in 1926, and the Perak Government purchased it in 1950 for use as an administrative headquarters. The conversion to a public museum happened later.
The displays show how tin mining and agriculture shaped Perak's development through photographs, documents, and objects from the British administration era. You can see the daily tools and records that tell the story of these industries.
The museum stands at No. 17, Jalan Douglas, off Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab in Ipoh. The two air-raid shelters lie behind the main building; one is reached by a tunnel about 50 feet long and 20 feet underground. The grounds cover roughly four acres, so allow time to walk between the front rooms and the rear annex.
Two air-raid shelters were built in 1940 from brick and thick concrete ahead of feared Japanese bombing. One survives behind the house, reached by a tunnel about 50 feet long and 20 feet underground; oral accounts say it was used twice in 1941 when Japanese aircraft circled overhead.
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