Penang War Museum in Bukit Batu Maung was a fort built by the British in the 1930s. In 1941 it gained fame when it became the site of the battle.

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War Museum Spooky Night Tour is only available through reservation one day in advance. Minimum 30 paxs in group.

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Last updated: 21-01-2014

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The Penang War Museum (GPS: 5.281323, 100.288744) or Muzium Perang Pulau Pinang, is a privately-run museum located on the hills above the fishing village of Batu Maung. It preserves the British war relics that dot the hill. The museum was officiated by Datuk Paduka Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, the Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism, on 14 October, 2002.
It was at Bukit Batu Maung, on the southern part of Pulau Pinang that the battle againstthe invading Japanese army was lost. In the 1930, a formidable fortress was built by the British army atop Bukit Maung, to protect the island against the enemy. Manned by not only British soldiers, but also Malay and Sikh soldiers, Bukit Maung fell during an attack in which the Japanese army approached from inland, rather than from sea, as was expected by the British army.
From that day onwards, the fortress at Bukit Maung transformed into a Japanese army base with a dark history, filled with narrations of how prisoners were tortured for information to help forward the advancement of the Japanese army into Malaya. As a result, Bukit Maung, in the years following the fall of the Japanese army in 1945, the locals in the area kept well