Research on Kite Museum

The Pasir Gudang Kite Museum was built as an appreciation towards the contribution of Malaysian and international kite flyers. It is also known as Layang-Layang Museum. It was opened to public on 9 February 2002 during the 7^th Pasir Gudang Kite Festival.

Bukit Layang-Layang is also the venue of the annual Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival, which attracts kite enthusiasts from all over the world. The festival usually takes place on the third week of February, and celebrated its 14th anniversary in 2009.

The museum houses a collection of more than 200 kites which once roam the skies of Bukit Layang-Layang as well as hundreds of the traditional kite heritage of Malaysia known as Wau. The museum also houses a collection of Ceramic Vases.

It is a two-storey building. On the first floor, they show the international kite history, international kite exhibition, international kite festival chronology, souvenir festival and audio visual.

On the second floor, they show the traditional wau history, traditional part of wau, Malaysia history of wau, wau of terminology, materials of wau, material to making wau, equipment to fly wau, workshop to promote wau, Johorcraft souvenir, traditional wau and an information counter.

The operating hours are shown below:

Day Time

Monday & Thursday 9.30am-5.00pm

Wednesday, Tuesday, 8.00am-5.00pm

Saturday & Sunday

Lunch time 1.00pm-2.00pm

Friday 9.00am-5.00pm

Lunch time 12.30pm-2.45pm

Entrance fee:

Adult RM2.00

Child (7-12 years) RM1.00