Tin town
Ipoh's old wealth.
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A small museum in a handsome white mansion built in 1926 for a wealthy tin miner named Foo Choong Kit; the Perak government bought it in 1950 and used it as offices before it opened as a museum in 1992. The museum tells the story of a city built on tin: how Ipoh grew from a small village into one of the richest towns in Malaya in the early twentieth century, with old mining tools, models of mines and historic photographs, along with a section on farming and the state's history. The building itself is part of the pleasure, with its two British-style storeys, neat garden and fountain. Entry is free, and it opens daily from half past nine to five, with a long break at Friday prayer time. It lies north of the centre near parks and playing fields, so visit in the hottest hours and then carry on to the old town and the Birch Memorial Clock Tower.
Ipoh's old wealth.
A mining tycoon's home.
Good in the heat.
Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab, north of central Ipoh
Ipoh Old Town and Concubine LaneIpoh's historic heart, a town built on tin wealth in the late nineteenth and ear11 minutes walk
Birch Memorial Clock TowerAn elegant white clock tower in Ipoh's old town, raised in 1909 in memory of Jam11 minutes walk
Han Chin Pet Soo (Hakka Tin Mining Museum)Malaysia's first museum of the Hakka tin miners, in their old clubhouse at the e11 minutes walk
Ipoh Railway StationOne of the loveliest railway stations in Asia, called the Taj Mahal of Ipoh by l12 minutes walk
Panglima Kinta MosqueOne of Ipoh's oldest and loveliest mosques, built in 1898 by Dato' Panglima Kint16 minutes walkYes if you like history: it is small and free and explains how tin made Ipoh, and an hour or less is enough.