Attractions in Malaysia

Location

The world's largest toy museum - Penang Toy Museum previously was located at Tanjung Bungah Road, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Currently has moved to Teluk Bahang, Penang.

Overview

The founder of the museum is Mr. Loh Lean Cheng. He is and engineer and he came up with this idea with the inspiration from his visit to the London Toy and Model Museum. The museum possesses as much as 110,000 toys and any related collectibles. The museum itself can be divided into a few sections namely the Chamber of Horror, Chamber of Monsters, Chamber of Fantasy, Chamber of Comic Book Heroes, Hall of Celebrities, Hall of Cartoons and many more. Almost every type of toys is to be seen there including Star Wars, Doraemon, Mr Bean, Spiderman, Shrek and more. Not only little figures and toys in the glass rack, there are quite a number of live size toys such as Batman and a Japanese Gundam robot that costs the owner RM9000. This amazing museum is listed in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first toy museum ever built in Malaysia. The museum opens daily including public holidays from 9.00am to 9.00pm. The entrance fee for adults is RM 10 whereas it is RM 6 for children below 6 years old.

Do get to Gurney (Persiaran Gurney) to round up your stay in Penang. Have a few nights in the hotels in Penang to visit the whole of Penang. It is best to walk around Gurney as Gurney offers a lot of activities. There are shopping mall (Gurney Plaza) and local food court (Gurney Drive) around and all this amazing places are just in a walking distance. Gurney Plaza is always packed as it offers items on discount and also some luxurious brands. Restaurant in the plaza are all c apable in satisfying your taste buds. If you want to have a taste of Penang, go to Gurney Drive as it offers many hawker food that are popular in Penang such as Rojak, Assam Laksa, Char Koay Tiao and much more. After the satisfying dinner or maybe supper, you can always relax with a stroll along the pedestrian pavement by the beach.

Transport

Take the Rapid Penang bus numbered 101 in Weld Quay Bus Terminal as it goes through the major cities and places. Ring the bell when you are near and get down from the bus. From Penang International Airport, you can take the taxi and straight away go to the Toy Museum. The ride will takes up about 40 minutes to arrive Teluk Bahang.