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Kite Museum (Johor)

museum in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ27966949 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Kite Museum (Malay: Muzium Layang-Layang) is a museum about kites in Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia.

History

The museum was established in February 2002 during the 7th Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival.

Architecture

The museum is housed in a two-story building. It features a small windmill to generate its own electricity.

Exhibitions

The museum showcases various types of kites, posters and videos on Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kite Museum (Johor)” as museum in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kite, Museum and Johor.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kite, Museum and Johor providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kite Museum (Johor)”, the useful work is to connect “museum in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27966949. Authority coordinates are 1.475, 103.906. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kite Museum (Johor)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kite Museum (Johor) primary sources, Kite Museum (Johor) archive and Kite research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Kite Museum (Johor)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.