National museum to hold month-long beads exhibition

KUCHING, 12 Jan -- Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Muzium Malaysia (JMM) Datuk Ibrahim Ismail (kanan) melihat pelapik meja yang dihasilkan daripada manik Sarawak ketika mengunjungi kedai Juliana Native Handwork di Muzium Tekstil di sini, hari ini. Pihak JMM akan mengadakan Pameran Khas 'Manik untuk Kecantikan' dari 14 Januari hingga 14 Febuari di Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur sebagai sebahagian daripada program menarik bersempena Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2014. -- fotoBERNAMA (2014) HAKCIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUCHING: The Malaysia Museums Department will hold a special “Beads For Beauty” exhibition, running from tomorrow till Feb 14, at the national museum in line with the Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2014 campaign.

Its director general Datuk Ibrahim Ismail said the exhibition, which would be part of the department’s programmes for VMY 2014, would display beads from the Malay archipelago, which played a significant role in the lives of the ethnic communities in Sarawak and Sabah.