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Label : Fun For Kids

Tags : Museum

Time Required : 1-2 hours

Timings : 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM daily

Entry Fees : Adult: RM 5
Child: RM 3

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Time Tunnel Museum, Cameron Highlands Overview

Located in Brinchang, Time Tunnel Museum is Malaysia’s first memorabilia museum. Also known as ‘The local museum’, it is filled with collectibles and memorabilia showcasing what life was like in Malaysia during the pre-war years.

The Time Tunnel Museum has more than 4,000 objects and photographs on display showcased in eight galleries covering an area of 14,000-meter square approximately. In June 2008, to encourage its brand name in Malaysia, the museum opened a second space in Ipoh old town. There are no restrictions to photography at this place.

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There are two exhibition levels in Time Tunnel Museum. 

Aborigine Section
This section compares the lifestyle of the local natives who lived in Cameron Highlands before the arrival of outsiders. Their tools, traps, and handicrafts are displayed on the floor and the walls.

Barber Shop
Equipped with items such as mirrors, straight razors, scissors, hair sprays, shavers, hair dryers, clippers, curlers and a broad range of combs, it is a model of a traditional barbershop back in the early days.

Children's Corner
This section will surely make people who lived those times feel nostalgic since it has items that children those days live by such as toys, stationaries, books, old-school uniforms, old school shoes and many more. 

Jim Thompsom Corner 
Jim Thompson, the silk king of Thailand, who helped to revitalize the silk industry in Thailand. Located in the middle of the museum, this section exhibits the story of Jim Thompson and his baffling disappearance in Cameron Highlands. 

Cameron Highlands Chronology
This showcases how Cameron Highlands has transformed from being a laid-back village to a famous tourist hotspot now after being discovered in 1885 by William Cameron.

Old Kopitiam
This section shows the interior of a traditional old style coffee shop including old but artistic wares used during that time such as chopsticks, ashtrays, coffee cups and many more.

How to Reach Time Tunnel Museum

Location of Time Tunnel Museum is pretty strategic, the same row with Kok Lim Strawberry Farm. One can easily spot it next to the main road when coming up from Tanah Rata.

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