Sungai Lembing Museum
Jalan Muzium, Sungai Lembing, 26200, Sungai Lembing, Pahang | Visit Website | 09-541 2378











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Introduction
The museum tells the tantalizing mining history of Sungai Lembing town. Visitors will be entertained with the spectacular knowledge on the subterranean tin mining, which was once acknowledged as the largest subterranean mine in the world.




What to Expect?
Here, visitors will be treated to various exhibitions and displays that relive the glorious days of Sungai Lembing as the biggest producer of tin in Malaysia. Visitors will learn about the town’s history through photos, along with descriptions and related artifacts that tell the town’s progress through time. The town’s history is dotted with nostalgic events such as award of tin mining concessions to Pahang Consolidated company limited, start of mining, a great fire in Sungai Lembing and flooding, right through the golden age circa 1950s. Exhibitions and displays will also tell visitors of the various methods, process and machines / tools used to mine tin. Some of the machines / tools include safety helmet, tram and drilling machine from the heydays of tin mining. Visitors also get to explore a real tin mine in a tour. The tour, which is about 1 hour long, will take visitors through tunnels that are about 12 feet to 200 feet in height. Along the way, explanation of how mining was carried out will be provided.
Historically, Sungai Lembing was a rich and famous town, as the main producer of tin in Pahang. It was called as the East El-Dorado in Tanah Melayu as situated a Village of the English community here. The history of tin mining here is believably started since the prehistorically period and was intensively managed by a British company, the Pahang Consolidated Company Limited (PCCL), started from 1906 till it’s liquidation on 1986.
Exhibits
- PCCL
- Geomorphology
- Equipment & Attire
- External Exhibition
- External Exhibition (Car)
- Mining Memoir
- Mining Diorama
- Mining Economics
- Mining Arcade
‘ - Wakaf’
Facilities
- Restaurant (opposite the Sungai Lembing Museum – Tapis Resort)
- Free Car park
- Public transportation like bus and taxis from Kuantan to Sungai Lembing




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Address: Jalan Muzium, Sungai Lembing, 26200, Sungai Lembing, Pahang
09-541 2378
Everyday Except Monday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Jessica Lim
a month agoRM2 entrance for adults to this neat and well kept museum. Informative, giving some insights into the tin mining industry in the area. I wish there were more stories from the miners living during that time, and more information on the dangers of the mines and working conditions of the miners, to help us understand and appreciate what they went through.
Note that the mining tunnel (about 1km away) is still not open and hasn't been for a while. Rumour has it that it will be reopened soon. I feel a big part of the experience is missing without the tunnel. -
Xin Yi Wong
2 months agoA very nice, informative and well-preserved museum. Highly recommended.
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Andrew Inglis
2 months agoNot a bad museum. Bit sparse on information but has enough to keep you interested for a bit. I would have liked to see some audio visual content talking with miners who had worked the mines and more about the decline.
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FARAH IZZATIE
5 months agoOne of the interesting places to visit in Sungai Lembing. Museum with a comfy environment that hides invaluable information content. Ideal for exploring history as well as explore new worthy experiences.
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Adzar Esmen Bahrum Azhar
5 months agoGood. Hiatorically Educating but still can be improve. Some of the mechanism not working.
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