Paddy Museum

The Paddy Museum (Muzium Padi) is a museum in Alor Setar, Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.

History
The museum was constructed on a land belonged to the Malaysian Agricultural Development Authority at a cost of MYR24.7 million. It was inaugurated and opened on 12 October 2004 by Kedah Sultan Abdul Halim.

Architecture
The museum is a 3-story building with a total area of 12,000 m2. It resembles bushels of harvested rice stalks decorated with rice motifs. The murals on the museum wall was done by 60 artists from North Korea.

Exhibitions
The museum exhibits paddy cultivation process in Malaysia and the tools and equipment for the process over the past decades.