The Urban Museum at Jalan Bedara or Ur-Mu is a purpose-built contemporary art museum that features selected artworks and eclectic objects from the collection of a private art patron. Located in one of the last remaining residential areas in the Golden Triangle, it is right in the heart of the city centre. Ur-Mu opened its doors to the public in May 2022
Ur-Mu is housed in a 1950s modernist four-storey walk-up apartment building comprising eight two-bedroom flats, the original layout remains intact, with additions including a lobby, roof-top garden, lift, washroom for the disabled and new façade.
The industrial steel and red brick entry and modern staggered glazed cubic form immediately stands out from the rest of the neighbours but still pays homage to its surrounding scale. It offers a glimpse of how the low density urban townscape might evolve in the future. The museum, which displays the collector’s eclectic taste, features over 100 artworks by artists mainly from Malaysia as well as from the surrounding region.
