Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery

Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery

Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery
4.5
Art GalleriesSpeciality MuseumsChildren's Museums
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery (“BNM MAG”) offers a multifaceted range of themes through its six permanent galleries: Children’s Gallery, the Bank Negara Malaysia Gallery, Economic Gallery, Islamic Finance Gallery, Numismatics Gallery and Art Gallery. These galleries delve into the Malaysian economy, the Bank’s role in the nation’s economic development and financial landscape since pre-independence to the present-day. Reinforcing the Bank’s role as the leader of national numismatic and supporter of arts heritage, the Museum also showcases numismatic treasures that are as old as history as well as its dynamic collection of Malaysian and ASEAN artworks. Dedicated to providing visitors with a meaningful engagement with the public, BNM MAG elevates visitor experience through innovative temporary exhibitions, special programmes and outreach activities that strengthen and enrich the community from all walks of life.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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  • Xander Shah
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia338 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Underrated, should be above shopping malls
    This place is just wonderful and well curated. It is sad that it is ranked so low in the list. Perhaps due to lack of marketing it is not so well known compare to shopping malls? Anyways if you happen to visit KL, it is highly recommended to pay a visit.
    Visited June 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 17 July 2024
  • DrDouglas1971
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom189 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A great wee gallery...
    As a lover of art and galleries I greatly enjoyed my visit. I walked from (and to) Merdaka Square on a particularly hot day so you might want to take a Grab or public transport. The building itself is modern with welcoming staff. You can leave backpacks and such in the free lockers and then explore; admission is also free. The design allows lots of natural light to flood in and viewpoints to the world outside. There are 6 floors most of which are dedicated to currency and finance as well as Malaysian culture & development. The artwork is varied and covers many genres; the shadow puppet exhibition was great; they even had Marvel and Star Wars characters. The cafe was inexpensive and served a decent cup of tea and the gift shop had a good range of mementos. I would say they were missing Scottish Bank Notes, which I would happily donate!
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled solo
    Written 14 September 2024
  • Abdul rahman u
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    An Educational Visit
    Last week, I and my classmates attended an educational tour organized by my university, IIUM, to the National Bank of Malaysia Museum. It was a very valuable learning experience for us to learn more about the country's financial system and its economy. At the museum, a modern but well-organized atmosphere awaits us. The first part that drew my attention was the State Bank History Gallery, where I studied the role of all the kingdoms of the State Bank in ensuring the economic stability of Malaysia. Interactive and engaging visual exposure then helped me understand complex concepts such as monetary fundamentals, payment systems, and currency management. Among other things, the Numismatic Gallery has become one of my favorite attractions. The gallery has a good collection of old coins and notes from pre-independence to the present day. I didn't think it had such profound historical and cultural value. Seeing how currency design evolved from year to year has made me appreciate the art as well as its importance to the economy. The best experience I can say is the interaction in the economic gallery. We had the chance to try a financial simulation game that taught us how to make decisions in financial management. It's not only fun, it's also very educational. It made me realize the role that financial institutions play in the development of a country. I'm increasingly understanding how economics work in our everyday lives, so I look forward to coming home with a deeper understanding and better knowledge. Finally, I have had a fun experience at the National Bank of Malaysia Museum, and it is something I will appreciate for a long time. I hope to have more opportunities like this in the future. # Malay language
    Visited November 2024
    Travelled on business
    Written 9 December 2024
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Prinsenhof
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg217 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
A very nice museum (unfortunately the gallery was closed for repairs or so) but the remaining floors offered a good insight into the development of the Malaysian central bank, it’s role and responsibilities, etc. Also a good overview of the development of coins and noted throughout the last few hundred years. All in all, interesting exhibition with everything displayed in BM and English so good for tourists as well. Some nice interactive areas and activities so also younger kids would be entertained for a while. Parking is RM 5 but the museum itself is free (you need to put a deposit of RM 10 for putting any bags you have in a locker).
Written 15 August 2023
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Mas Sabran
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Solo
I had a wonderful experience visiting Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery, which is also known as Sasana Kijang. Its Numismatics Gallery offers plentiful information on the evolution of currency system used from the Zaman Kesultanan Melayu Melaka till today's modern era. It's suitable for educational and leisure purpose and it's strongly recommended that parents bring their children to this museum.
Written 8 July 2023
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SuffolkLucchese
Sudbury, UK653 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
Visited on a Sunday morning. Starting at the top and working down we enjoyed the artwork of the BNM collection and its mixture genre. Working down the floors to cover the various galleries, each is well set out and several very interactive for kids, this part of the museum is done particularly well. Pleasant staff as well made the visit very enjoyable and well worth it.
Written 1 January 2020
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SG_Stuff
Singapore, Singapore81 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Couples
The museum is run by the national bank so as expected the exhibits were of a financial and economic nature. About 50% of the galleries were closed at the time of visit so we did not see any art - just some basic exhibits about trading history and currency. Lots are aimed at school/kid level and indeed we arrived just as a busload of rowdy ones arrived! Allow an hour.
Written 30 January 2024
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Pau_J_492
Cambridge, UK5 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Family
Excellent museum. Only looked around the financial part of the museum. Excellent layout spoilt by lots of groups of schoolchildren running around unsupervised whilst their teachers sat downstairs checking their phones. The museum staff need to do better to make the experience more enjoyable for all.
Written 1 February 2024
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Lulu
11 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Solo
I would say it is more like a museum of banking and currency than art gallery as there are only 30 paintings at most but all are great paintings. Well furnished, many seats for resting and can take your time to enjoy the art. Free admission,lockers provided for bags. 10mins walk from lrt/mrt station:Bandaraya.
Written 21 February 2020
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Peter of Perth Hills
Perth, Australia3 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020 • Couples
Quite informative, an enlightening view of Malaysian history from an economic angle. No entry fee (10MYR deposit required for cloak service), and a rather pleasant cafe attached for good light lunches. However, we snuck in on 8 March, the day before an indefinite closure due to COVID-19 (although works are also being undertaken at the same time).
Written 11 March 2020
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Hanan B
Ramat Gan, Israel514 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Solo
Malaysia’s Central Bank has set up a museum/gallery for Its citizens combining history with education. I don’t know how many other central banks have done this or something similar, and so kudos. I actually came to see the art on exhibit (top floor) but it was not to my taste.

The museum is located a bit off the beaten track, in a place where you might find a taxi cruising once every millennium. Not having a mobile phone, I was unable to order one, however the kind people at the front desk were kind enough to do it for me.
Written 21 February 2020
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GrandTour11218586457
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Business
Already 1year also same, no change. Very Bad bad bad for the customer service, call for 1 week, call on morning , afternoon also nobody answers😡😡😡, even email also no reply for one week. Because group visit need to make appointment, otherwise also don't want to booking date 😡😡😡😡
Written 23 October 2023
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AIDANADIAH@SEU338E
Penang Island, Malaysia151 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Friends
When we talk about museum, mostly is about history and arts. This trendy Bank Negara Museum showcase the history of finance-how Bank Negara made money, the versions of classic money and also got some art paintings by famous artist at the upper floor.
Written 2 June 2020
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