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Gold Museum - George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

"PG Gold Museum is a museum along Bishop Street in George Town, Penang. Opened on 1 May 2015, it is the first gold museum in Malaysia as well as in Southeast Asia. The PG Gold Museum is part of Public Gold, which was established in 2008 to offer a range of gold trading activities to the general public.

The PG Gold Museum provides visitors a glimpse into activities related to gold through a series of exhibitions, demonstrations and guided tour. The museum serves as an educational centre where visitors get the opportunity to have physical contact with the metal.

Everything you would want to know about gold and silver is explained in detailed. On my visit, I learned the huge difference in the price of gold versus silver. A gram of silver costs roughly RM2.50 (as of July, 2015), but a gram of gold costs RM150! One tonne of gold rocks will contain a mere 4 grams of gold.

There is a theatre where visitors get to view how precious metal is made into bars. They will also get a pouring demonstration where the metal are heated to a molten temperature and poured to form solid gold and silver bars. For the purpose of security, the demonstration uses silver rather than gold.

There are fun interactive activities that visitors can engage in. In addition to posing with the murals, visitors also get to try their hand at panning for gone. There is section with a watery trough where you pan the sand using iron woks. Embedded in the sand are gold flakes or nuggets. If you managed to discover any, they are yours to take home as souvenirs. During my visit, I managed to get three gold flakes, then I stop panning, to give other visitors a chance of getting some themselves." Text Source: (visit link)





Address:
95 Bishop Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

Related Website: [Web Link]

Price of Admission: 28.00 (listed in local currency)

What is in the collection:
Gold - exhibitions, demonstrations and guided tour.

The "Official Tourism" URL link to the attraction: [Web Link] The attraction’s own URL: [Web Link] Hours of Operation: Days and Hours of Operation: Opening Hours 9:00 am to 6:00 pm daily including public holidays Admission Prices: Entrance Fees Adults: RM28 per person Children (7-12 years old)/ Seniors (60 years old and bove): RM15 Children (below 7 years old): free entry Approximate amount of time needed to fully experience the attraction: Up to 1 hour Transportation options to the attraction: Personal Vehicle or Public Transportation

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