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Penang Museum and Art Gallery
Farquhar Road | Lebuh Light, Penang Island 10200, Malaysia Phone: 04-2613144 www.penangmuseum.gov.my/About
The Penang State Museum on Farquhar Street is the first building that comes under the administration of the Penang State Museum Board. Its chronology began in 1816 as a building donated by the East India Company, built under the supervision of Captain Robert Smith (the Royal Engineer), and to be used as an education center. The Penang Free School that was established in 1816 moved into this building in 1821. The school was open to all Penang-born regardless of race and thus the name Penang Free. In 1928 the Hutching School occupied this building.
