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Bank Negara Malaysia Museum & Art Gallery

TIME : 2016/2/17 14:56:55

This well-designed complex of small museums focuses on banking, finance and money and is not dull in the least. Highlights include a collection of ancient coins and money (and a slick interactive screen to examine its history), a gallery of the bank's private art collection, a surreal 3m-long tunnel lined with RM1 million (in the Children's Gallery), and a history of the little-known Islamic banking system (which must comply with Sharia law, including prohibitions against usury).