If you’re ever idling in the Bukit Bintang area with about an hour or two to spare, why not visit a particularly unique Malaysian museum there? Surrounded by apartment lots built in the 1970s and 1980s, Ur-Mu, or the Urban Museum, stands out quite literally with its modern architecture. It makes complete sense, given that the designer is none other than Tan Loke Mun, one of Malaysia’s greatest living architects to date.
The award-winning Tan also happens to be the founder of Ur-Mu, where many of the exhibits on display are those he personally collected over the years. Located on the first floor is the gallery called “Sens-Asia” that houses art pieces on colourful Asian life. Head over to the back where a wide window gives visitors a view of the back alley, with stickers of anthropomorphic rats pasted on the glass. The idea that life itself is art is taken seriously here, and even the underbelly of Kuala Lumpur has its own visual appeal, if you know where to loo