in 1921 until it ceased operation in 1969. It covered 1.5 million rail miles; a Tin Dredge which resembles a floating factory, on a natural or artificial lake. Also on display are motorized vehicles, including antiqued civic vehicles and private vehicles, including an early 1.3 liter Proton Saga, the first national car launched on July 9, 1985. National Museum also holds regular thematic exhibitions featuring specific aspects of life and world culture. Istana Satu Another attraction of the museum is an original-size old Terengganu timber palace known as Istana Satu. It was erected by Sultan Zainal Abidin III, Sultan of Terengganu in 1884 in the compound of Kota Istana Maziah, Kuala Terengganu. This building is of Terengganu Malay traditional architecture, in the form called "Rumah Tiang Dua Belas". The wood used is cengal. Istana Satu was erected in the National Museum compound in April 1974. The restored palace is a wooden house designed for the tropics, with stilts that allow air to circulate freely under the building and a steep thatch roof to cool the interior. There are intricate wood carvings on the doors and windows. Next to the Istana Satu are two keliriengs or burial poles. A kelirieng is made of a huge hardwood tree trunk, carved from the top to bottom. Niched up to its sides is a space for the bodies of slaves and followers and hollowed at the top to place the jar containing the chief's bones. The Orang Asli Crafts Museum The Orang Asli Craft Museum showcases the arts and handicrafts of the Orang Asli people, the aboriginal communities who dwell mostly in rural areas across the Malaysian Peninsula. The museum explains how there are 18 different tribes of Orang Asli divided into 3 main groups, the Negrito, the Senai and the Proto Malay. Their handicrafts, particularly the wood carvings by the Mah Meri and Jah Hut tribes including masks and figures, are highly valued by collectors. Directors 1959–1963: Mubin Sheppard 1963–1967: J.J. Lowry 1968–1991: Shahrum bin Yub 1991–1996: Zulkifli bin Abd. Aziz 1996–2002: Kamarul Baharin bin Buyong 2002–2007: Dr. Adi bin Taha 2007–2008: Paiman bin Keromo 2008–2015: Ibrahim bin Ismail April 2015 – September 2015: Wan Jamaluddin bin Wan Yusoff September 2015 – present: Kamarul Baharin bin A. Kasim Museum Volunteer Malaysia (MVM) In 2007 cultural and history enthusiasts residing in the greater Kuala Lumpur area formed, with the support of the Department of