Muzium Perang Penang

The Penang War Museum (Muzium Perang Penang) is an open-air museum on a 20-acre former British coastal fortress and gun battery at Batu Maung, built before World War Two to defend against Japanese invasion. During the Japanese occupation, Allied prisoners of war held there were mistreated, tortured and executed, and the site lay abandoned for nearly 60 years before founder Johari Shafie transformed it into a museum in 2002. Visitors explore restored tunnels, bunkers, pillboxes, gun bays and barrack blocks, plus a replica gallows commemorating the execution of General Tomoyuki Yamashita; in 2013 the site was named among Asia's top 10 most haunted locations.