Kuala Lumpur holds 10 places documented in this archive, among them Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Kuala Lumpur: at the center of Malaysia's decade-long court battle over Christians using the word "Allah", Coliseum Theatre (Kuala Lumpur) and Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Why visit
The official account has Kuala Lumpur founded by the Malay chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah, who sent Chinese miners into the region to open tin mines in 1857 — a capital that began as a mining camp.
Origins and history
The official account considers Kuala Lumpur to have been founded by the Malay chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah, who sent Chinese miners into the region to open tin mines in 1857, though settlements probably existed at the Gombak–Klang confluence before that.
Key facts
- Country: Malaysia
- Places in this archive: 10
- Centre of the documented entries: 3.1472°N, 101.6922°E
Places documented in Kuala Lumpur
- Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Kuala Lumpur: at the center of Malaysia's decade-long court battle over Christians using the word "Allah" — Su Jalan Bukit Nanas, nel cuore di Kuala Lumpur, la cattedrale di San Giovanni Evangelista è la sede dell'arcidiocesi cattolica di Kuala Lum
- Coliseum Theatre (Kuala Lumpur) — One of Malaysia's oldest cinemas, the Coliseum Theatre has served Kuala Lumpur audiences since 1920, a pioneering venue built by the Chua fa
- Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia — Southeast Asia's largest Islamic arts museum, opened in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 with over 7,000 artifacts from across the Islamic world.
- Kuala Lumpur Railway Station — A.B. Hubback’s 1910 Kuala Lumpur station, a white Indo-Saracenic fantasy of domes, arches and minaret-like turrets.
- Maybank Numismatic Museum — One of Malaysia's largest coin and currency collections, housed in Maybank Tower in central Kuala Lumpur and operated by the Maybank financi
- National History Museum (Malaysia) — Malaysia's second national museum, which documented the nation's historical development through nearly 1,000 artifacts until its closure in
- Patronas Towers — The Petronas Towers are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that were the world's tallest buildings from their completion in 1998 un
- Pusat Sains Negara — Malaysia's striking geodesic-domed science centre on Bukit Kiara hill, opened in 1996, showcases interactive exhibitions celebrating science
- The Federal Kuala Lumpur — the hotel built for Merdeka, Bukit Bintang — Opened on 28 August 1957, three days before Malayan independence, to lodge the guests invited to the Merdeka celebrations. Nine storeys then
- Tun Abdul Razak Memorial — A modernist official residence transformed into a museum honouring Malaysia's first Prime Minister, preserving his home from 1962 to 1976.
What is on in Kuala Lumpur
- Six 1930s shophouses become a gallery: Muara Arts opens in Kuala Lumpur on 1 November 2026 — 1 November 2026 — 4 April 2027
- A–Z of Southeast Asian Art: A Critical Dictionary — Muara Arts, Kuala Lumpur, 1 November 2026 – 4 April 2027 — 1 November 2026 — 4 April 2027
Sources
The entries listed above are the source of the counts, the names and the position on this page.
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See this place and what’s around it →Events here — now on & upcoming
- Six 1930s shophouses become a gallery: Muara Arts opens in Kuala Lumpur on 1 November 202601 Nov 2026 — 04 Apr 2027See the event →
- A–Z of Southeast Asian Art: A Critical Dictionary — Muara Arts, Kuala Lumpur, 1 November 2026 – 4 April 202701 Nov 2026 — 04 Apr 2027See the event →
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