Experts' Choice Award Penang War Museum
What the experts agree on
This 1930s British hill fort turned WWII Japanese prison offers haunting history across 20 acres. The fortress remains largely intact, providing visceral insight into wartime Penang despite steep climbs to reach it.
“Situated on 20 acres of land, high on a hill in Batu Maung, this museum is an old war fortress that was first built by the British in the 1930s and a majority of it is still intact.”
– Time Out
Lonely Planet "Perched on top of the steep Bukit Batu Maung hill, this former British fort, built in the 1930s, was used as a prison and torture camp by the Japanese during WWII." Full review
