Anniversary bash
SCREENING of short films in 3D, tra-ditional food, games, trishaw rides, planetarium shows, musical and artistic performances will all be part of the Penang State Museum and Art Gallery’s 46th anniversary celebration.
The celebration will be held at its premises at 57, Jalan Macalister from tomorrow to Sunday, with opening hours from 10am to 8pm.
Entrance to the museum during the celebration period is free.
The museum curator Haryany Moha- mad said a notable attraction would be a spectrohelioscope, a type of solar telescope that can be used to study the sun in monochromatic light or light with only a single wavelength.
The instrument is on loan from the state Metereological Department for the celebration.
Haryany said there would be competitions in teen graffiti, children’s art, storytelling, lorry designing, coconut bashing and sculpturing using recyclable items.
Visitors can also take part in history, arts and heritage quizzes, photography, and water rocket demonstration.
Haryany added that visitors would be able to sign up for the Friends of Penang State Museum and Art Gallery, which will offer members discounts on museum merchandise and other benefits such as free entrance to the museum.
State executive councillor Wong Hon Wai, who is also Penang State Museum Board chairman, said this was the first time the museum was celebrating its anniver- sary.
He said the dates were chosen as the museum was officially opened by the late Governor of Penang, Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj Bin Mohamad on April 14 in 1965.
“The anniversary celebration will be officiated by our present Governor, Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas,” said Wong.
For details, visit the museum’s Face- book page at www.facebook.com/penang- statemuseumandartgallery or call 04-2613 144.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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