Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery
Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery
Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery
4.5
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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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Peter of Perth Hills
Perth, Australia3 contributions
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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SG_Stuff
Singapore, Singapore81 contributions
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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Prinsenhof
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg217 contributions
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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DrDouglas1971
Edinburgh, UK153 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
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!
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!
Written 14 September 2024
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Pau_J_492
Cambridge, UK5 contributions
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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Mas Sabran
2 contributions
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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GrandTour11218586457
1 contribution
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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Xander Shah
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia337 contributions
Jun 2024 • Friends
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.
Written 17 July 2024
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AIDANADIAH@SEU338E
Penang Island, Malaysia151 contributions
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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Stephen o
Croydon, UK116 contributions
Jan 2016
If not for the lavish conferences that the Central Bank organises at the expense of the taxpayer, you may overlook this add on to their huge monolith built at Sasana Kijang, a good half an hour walk from the nearest LRT Bandaraya. If travelling by car, the building is next to the UM / OUM city campus.Once found one can't but admire the ivory towers that house the Central bankers, shielding them in glass away from the economic realities outside. You will encounter hordes of school children sitting on the pristine marble floors or busying themselves in the souvenir shop. I am glad Governor Zeti has built this expensive cocoon where within its glass walls, one can still enjoy a cup of coffee at yesteryear's price at the museum cafe, no doubt subsidised by taxpayers again. No wonder all the quantitative easing has only made the rich contractors richer and mainstreet poorer. Enjoy this white elephant, a true symbol of Malaysia's delusion of grandeur. We are told the Central Bank will be building an even larger unnecessary billion dollar spectacle of a university to house the retiring bureaucrats.
Written 17 February 2016
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Dear Stephen o,
Thank you for your review.
Best Wishes,
Written 23 February 2016
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How can I reach this from KL center? How much is the tickets?
Written 18 March 2017
Hi! there,
Please check out our webpage. Thank you.
KTM – Bank Negara Station
LRT – Bandaraya Station
Written 29 March 2017
Chris0922
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hi, I am a university student , and I am going to visit Bank Negara Museum for my coursework.
May I ask do have any protocol need to be followed during the visitation ?? Thank you
Written 7 March 2016
Dear Chris0922,
You are welcome to just walk in. However, if you need to speak to anyone specifically, I would recommend that you write to us formally so that we can arrange a meeting with the staff.
For your information, we also have a library which is open to the general public Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 6 pm. The library has a stricter dress code that you may need to abide too. (Polo T-Shirt and shoes are to be worn).
Please email infomuseum@bnm.gov.my for further queries.
Written 11 July 2016
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