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Article: Facelift for National Museum
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Shuhada Elis; Ili Liyana Mokhtar
New Straits Times
10-20-2007
Facelift for National Museum
Byline: Shuhada Elis; Ili Liyana Mokhtar
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section
KUALA LUMPUR: The construction hoardings around the National Museum have been taken down, indicating that the 44-year-old building is nearing completion of its 18-month renovation.
The RM20 million facelift, which began last June, is 70 per cent complete, according to the Department of Museums deputy director- general Paiman Keromo.
The museum, which is the keeper of 250,000 artifacts, is now in its third phase of renovation, its first upgrading since opening its doors in 1963.
The renovation is aimed at raising the ...