Bringing history to life

(From left) Private museums Hor Yan Hor and Han Chin Pet Soo on Jalan Bijeh Timah are among Ipoh’s popular attractions. —Photos: RONNIE CHIN, ILI AQILAH/The Star

Every day, Leong Meng Fai greets visitors at Han Chin Pet Soo Museum in Ipoh and regales them with the history of the Hakka community and the state’s glory days of tin mining.

The museum in the Perak capital hosts up to three tour sessions a day and participants come from all over the world including North America, the United Kingdom and Taiwan.