What to do at Telekom Museum, Kuala Lumpur

The beautiful colonial building that houses the Telekom Museum today was formerly called the Central Battery Manual Telephone Exchange. Photos: The Star

Some time in 1985, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was passing by Jalan Raja Chulan in Kuala Lumpur in a car when a beautiful neo-classical building caught his attention. That chance encounter would change the course of history forever – it prevented the building from being torn down.

Instead, Dr Mahathir proposed that the structure be conserved as a national heritage.