Kite Museum, Kite exhibition center in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
The Kite Museum is a two-story building in Pasir Gudang housing a varied collection of kites alongside informational posters and videos about traditional Malaysian construction and flying methods. The exhibits showcase different regional styles and demonstrate how these aircraft are assembled and flown.
The museum opened in February 2002, during the 7th Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival. It was set up as a permanent home for the kites and festival material that the annual event had brought together in Pasir Gudang.
The museum's displays centre on the Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival, held annually since the 1990s; the museum itself opened during the festival's 7th edition in February 2002. Posters and video recordings document past festivals, and the kite types on show trace the history of kite making and flying.
The museum occupies a two-storey building in Pasir Gudang, in the Johor Bahru District of Johor. Its own small windmill on the building generates the electricity used for the museum's daily load, so the exhibits run on power produced on site.
The museum opened in February 2002, timed to the 7th Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival, and its exhibits still include posters and videos documenting that festival. Look for the small windmill on the roof of the two-story building, which generates electricity for the museum's daily load.
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