The Owl Museum, Penang Hill

The Owl Museum (1 November 2014)


The Owl Museum (GPS: 5.42447, 100.26889) is a specialty museum in Penang Hill. It occupies the lowest level of the three-storey Cliff Cafe complex. You can see the exterior of the museum as you exit the Penang Hill Railway Upper Station and walk through the elevated corridor.

The Owl Museum has all things owl ... except perhaps a live owl. As I made my way through the museum, I came across owl paintings in water colour, oil and batik, to name some. There are numerous owl figurines in clay, porcelain, metal, wood and glass. A series of framed panels provide information on the common species of owl found in this region. There is also a series of flip-open interpretive boxes with details about owls.

The Owl Museum, as seen from the elevated walkway (1 November 2014)


The Owl Museum, front (1 November 2014)


The Owl Museum entrance (1 November 2014)


Anybody who is into owl will find certainly have an owlsome time here, but for the rest of us, this museum is more a curiosity to which you part with some RM10 per person to kill time on Penang Hill. As is expected, the museum ends at the gift shop, where you can buy various owl-inspired souvenirs like t-shirts, soft toys, replicas and even owl coffee.

According to the museum, it has some one thousand owl-inspired artefacts, some of which are as old as 20-30 years. In Malaysia, there are 17 species of owl, out of a total of some 200 species worldwide.

The Owl Museum is a wonderful place for you to take your children and give them a good time learning about owls. As for adults, some of the owl figurines are indeed very nice, and I am sure a lot of passion has gone into assembling such a wide collection.

Contact

The Owl Museum
Level B3, Astaka MPPP
Jalan Summit
11300 Penang Hill, Penang
Phone: +60-4-826 5704

Choo Beng Teong watercolour of an owl (1 November 2014)


Bejeweled owl figurines (1 November 2014)


Owl wood carving (1 November 2014)


A display of owl figurines (1 November 2014)


Some of the figurines displayed at the museum (1 November 2014)


More owl figurines in glass display cases (1 November 2014)


hand-blown owl-inspired glass art (1 November 2014)


Owlsome work of art (1 November 2014)

Getting there

The Owl Museum is located on the bottom level of Cliff Cafe. Upon exiting the Penang Hill Railway Upper Station, go along the elevated walkway which takes you to the central square. The Cliff Cafe is to your left.

The Owl Museum is on the map of Penang Hill

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