What to do at National Textiles Museum, Kuala Lumpur

The National Textiles Museum is housed within this beautiful colonial building.

Located within one of Kuala Lumpur’s most historic areas, the National Textiles Museum along Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin is hard to miss. That’s because the institution is housed in a uniquely designed colonial building that dates back to 1905.

The building, with its alternating red bricks and white plaster bands, was formerly the Federated Malay States Railway Station and Selangor Works Department. Today, though, it is a museum that houses various collection of textiles that mirror Malaysia’s multicultural background.