IPOH: The Perak government has allocated RM100,000 to upgrade Muzium Darul Ridzuan here into the Perak Archaeological Museum in preparation for the Lenggong Valley to be declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.
State Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Hamidah Osman said the allocation was for improving the infrastructure at the museum, including providing more display
racks for the archaeological artefacts and upgrading the lighting.
“This project is expected to start in February and the state government has obtained the cooperation of Universiti Sains Malaysia which agreed to hand over the archaeological items found in the Lenggong Valley for free to be exhibited at the museum,” she told reporters, here, yesterday.
Hamidah said the archaeological museum would be a new tourism product offered by the state’s capital city of Ipoh.
She said more museums and galleries would be established, especially Ipoh, to encourage tourists to stay longer in the state.
“I hope the archaeological museum will be able to also operate on Sundays and public holidays so that more people will be able to visit and gain knowledge from it,” she said.
It was reported that the nomination document and rehabilitation management plan for the Lenggong Valley had been sent by the National Heritage Department to the World Heritage Centre at Unesco on Jan 31 last year, and the state is awaiting the decision on the listing of the area as a World Heritage Site. — Bernama