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November 2024 – UR-MU Toffee

November 2024 – UR-MU Toffee On 27th of November, the MCG visited the Urban Museum in the Toffee building, the second of three museums opened in Kuala Lumpur by Dr Tan Loke Mun, a renowned architect and contemporary art collector. While his first Urban Museum in Bukit Bintang exclusively houses artworks from his own impressive […]

November 2024 – KLPAC Behind the Scenes Tour

November 2024 – KLPAC Behind the Scenes Tour BACKSTAGE BITES On November 13th, the MCG Events Committee organized a trip to the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center (KLPAC) with 15 participants in attendance. The tour was led by Ian, who provided a detailed overview of KLPAC’s history and operations. The group discovered that the KLPAC […]

October 2024 – Contemporary Orang Asli Handicrafts, Culture and Heritage

October 2024 – Contemporary Orang Asli Handicrafts, Culture and Heritage Although the Orang Asli make up only approximately 1% of the Malaysian population of roughly 35,000,000, they are the oldest inhabitants of the peninsula, some ancestors having arrived 50 to 60 thousand years ago.  So, the Orang Asli are Malaysia’s indigenous people who actually make […]

September 2024 – Islamic Arts Museum

September 2024 – Islamic Arts Museum Curator Tour On Wednesday, September 25th, the Malaysia Cultural Group enjoyed a curator-guided tour of the Islamic Museum of Malaysia. We started out with Izuan taking us up to the Architecture Gallery where he discussed the importance of the domes and the concept of honeycomb design and its association […]

Sep 2015 – Yusof Ghani, far more than a gallery tour! – Shah Alam

Though the TAPAK Gallery in Shah Alam is easy to find, none of us had been there before.   A surprisingly light-filled and modern, almost futuristic building which forms the perfect background for not only the artworks  of Yusof Ghani, one of the leading Malaysian artists in Abstract Expressionism, but also for the artworks of […]

Dec, 2023 – Understanding Multicultural Malaysia

“Understanding of Multicultural Malaysia”, a talk given by Dr Asma Abdullah at Badan Warisan Malaysia. Dr Abdullah was educated in Malaysia, Australia and the USA, so has a unique perspective from which to analyse cultural issues faced by expatriates moving to and living in Malaysia, as well as advising Malaysians prior to transferring overseas. Dr Abdullah’s talk […]

Nov, 2023 – Guided tour of the Harta Heritage Jewellery Museum

15th November, 2023 Imagine going to a gold shop where you are surrounded with the most inviting display of glittering gold rings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and brooches, all dazzling and sparkling, but nothing is for sale.  On Wednesday, November 15th, MCG organized an outing to Harta Heritage Jewelry Museum, a new gallery featuring Malaysian heritage […]

Nov, 2023 – Kota Raja Mahadi Fort Restoration by Mariana Isa

If you are interested in the history and culture of Malaysia, like me, the lecture presented by Mariana Isa “Kota Raja Mahadi “, which took place on 01.11.2023 hit the target exactly, which aroused a desire to learn more. This young lady is a director heritage lab in a private research organization and has participated […]

Oct, 2023 – Nine Emperor Gods Festival Tour with Sean Liew

Chasing the 9 Emperor Gods     I was excited to join the 9 Emperors God Festival again this year. Naturally, when I saw the invite from Events Planning, Malaysian Cultural Group, I jumped at the opportunity. I vividly remember when I joined the event five years ago. I was heavily pregnant with my first […]