MELAKA: The Submarine Museum in Klebang ranks among the five most visited tourist attractions under the Melaka Museum Corporation (Perzim), drawing about 90,000 visitors annually.
Perzim general manager Erne Hamsah said regular maintenance and upgrading works were essential to preserve the museum’s long-term appeal.
She said one such effort involved a five-day maintenance and upgrading programme at the museum, which began on Oct 26 under a civil-military cooperation between the Royal Malaysian Navy and the state government.
“As an institution responsible for heritage preservation and conservation, Perzim places strong emphasis on maintaining its museum assets to ensure facilities and surroundings remain safe, well-maintained and conducive to public visits.
“The Submarine Museum is a unique tourist attraction and one of Perzim’s five most popular tourism products, alongside the Maritime Museum, the History and Ethnography Museum, the Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum and Muzium Rakyat,” she said after a ceremony to mark the handover of the completed maintenance works yesterday, Bernama reported.
The decommissioned SMD Ouessant is an Agosta 70-class submarine formerly based in France.
