Take a Break 歇息片刻: 槟榔时光隧道历史博物馆 Pianaon Time Tunnel (The History Museum of Penang)

Visited on February 2014

槟榔时光隧道历史博物馆是一趟回到过去的时光机，一入门便回到四百年前的老槟城，一切从一九五二年开始。博物馆分别以十二个时间段来阐述整个槟榔社会与文化的发展，并以不同的语言包括中文、英文、马来文、日文、韩文、阿拉伯文和泰文进行解说，当中穿插许多画作，收藏古董品，人物雕像等供你免费拍摄的细节，其中有趣的是还有儿童版的历史简要概述。

Lets ride on time machine and go back to old Penang at Pinaon Time Tunnel, Penang. Once you enter this museum, you are already at 400 years back in Penang and everything begin from 1952. This museum is categorize into 12 periods that present Penang social and cultural development using 7 different languages that include mandarin, english, malay, japanese, korean, arab and thai. Besides that, there are many paintings, antic collection, statue and etc to let their visitor have more understanding on Penang and also take lots of photo with it. There are also kid's version history description that we found that is very necessary and interesting because it is important to let the next generation understand our own history.

1952-1786：槟城史前史 Early History
1786-1794：莱特登陆及开垦时期 The Founding of Penang by Francis Light
1795-1825：各族居民逐步增长时期 The Growing Multi-racial Population
1836-1866：海峡殖民地成立时期 Early Period of the Straits Settlements
1867-1892：槟城暴动时期 The Penang Riots
1893-1911：东西方政治夹缝中的殖民地 Colony in between Eastern and Western Political Movements
1912-1945：二战结束前的槟城 Penang before the End of the Second World War
1945-1957：战后的政治动荡年代 The Age of Post-war Political Turbulence
1957-1969：独立后经济衰退及动荡年代 The Recession and Turbulent Years after Independence
1969-2000：工业化奠基时期 Laying the Foundation for Industrialisation
2000-Beyond：经济转型时期 Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development

莱特的遗书 The Will of Francis Light, 1974

早期理发店 Old Time Barber Shop

吞云吐雾，抽吸鸦片 Opium-smoking

峇峇娘惹的用具与服饰 Baba-Nyoya Wares and Wear

英国人从印度大量输入老李来从事码头搬运工作
Labourers were brought in from India as post workers.

Lily

Shi Gang

Kim

二战期间 Second World War

英国海军和日本海军在英海军舰上签署投降书。
Instrument of Surrender Signing on board HMS Nelson.

中医 Chinese Physician

50年代工人宿舍 1550s Workers' Quaters

60年代咖啡馆 1960s Coffee Shop

博物馆的展览厅分为两楼，底楼是以上照片所看到的的历史展示，二楼还没进行设计，不过听管理员说可能会以3D的历史展示方式让民众更深切了解一个地方的成形和改变，与对未来的期望。以上三张图是收费拍摄，会由专业的摄影师为你摄影与现场打印；而以下几张图是我们在二楼的空间呆了许久，休息与拍摄的成果。

Museum exhibition is divided into two floor, he ground floor shows all the history and has seen on the above photo while the 1st floor still do not have any design. But from what we heard from the staff there, it will be a 3D art that shows all the history which will make it more interesting.

历史是一个民族群体的记忆，是未来社会的奠基，没有过去就没有未来可言，了解一个地方一个国家的历史并不是纸上谈兵的事情，而是必须探索和发现，从中感受。在游览的过程中，你可感受时光隧道负责人的用心和诚意，它们注意呈现每一个细节，每一个角落都能让你有所发现。

“历史给人类最大的教训就是人来从来不记得历史的教训……” —— 贺格尔

“We learn from history that we have not learnt from history. What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.” – George Wilhelm Friedich Hegel