Visiting a "new village museum" / myLot

Malaysia

January 18, 2019 7:31am CST

Last Saturday, we visited a small museum in a new village. I think new villages only happened in Malaysia, they were formed to segregate the villagers from the Communist Party. There was a tour guide showing us around the museum, telling us the history of that new village, and also bringing us to walk a short distance in the new village. Though I already knew a little bit about "new village" and I have been visiting this new village many times, I have learned more from the tour guide, and it's nice to see the tools being used in those old days. As my eldest son is supposed to learn local history and geography this year, I think this visit is a perfect lesson for him and for me too, though it might be a bit boring for my two younger children. They had fun looking at those old things too. Do you like to visit museum? Picture: These are some tools being used when the villagers collected latex from the rubber trees in those old days.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Jan 19

I always enjoy visiting museums. The round container at the back looks like the milk churns we used to have on the farm.

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14916)

• Malaysia

19 Jan 19

Do you still use them now? I have heard from the tour guide and it's quite sad to know that nowadays many of these tools have been replaced by plastic, instead of wooden or iron.

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14916)

• Malaysia

22 Jan 19

@JudyEv It's the same here too. We found out my grandfather still kept some old stuffs when he passed away, so we kept some of the them. I recognized the iron being used to iron the clothes, as my aunt was having one, but it's no longer being used.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Jan 19

@kaka135 No, you only see them in musuems now.

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Laurel (L_B)

@Happy2BeMe (99399)

• Canada

18 Jan 19

I do like visiting museums. We have a nice one in our city that I visit often

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14916)

• Malaysia

19 Jan 19

That's really nice. Do they change the displays in the museum once in a while? Ever since I visited that museum, I have been thinking if there is any in the city I stay now.

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Laurel (L_B)

@Happy2BeMe (99399)

• Canada

20 Jan 19

@kaka135 yes they do

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14916)

• Malaysia

22 Jan 19

@Happy2BeMe That's nice. I heard that the national museum in Taiwan changes every 3 months, I always wish I can visit that museum every 3 months to see different ancient things. I don't know many museums do this too.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157546)

• United States

18 Jan 19

I like museums from time to time. It does make history more alive.

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14916)

• Malaysia

19 Jan 19

Yes. I am thinking it'd be more fun for kids or students to learn history, than just study from the book, though we can't really travel around the world to learn the history of the world.

youless

@youless (112103)

• Guangzhou, China

21 Jan 19

Long time no see

We like visiting museums. I especially like visiting the painting museums and my son likes science museum much more. We have been to many science museums already

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14916)

• Malaysia

22 Jan 19

Yes, it's been quite a while since I visited myLot. I am sure there are many nice museums in China, and your son will always find interesting things in the Science museum, right? I visited the national museum in Taiwan once, and I really liked it. I always enjoy visiting those history museum. There are many in China too, right?