A paper diorama from Yuko Higuchi from Japan. This illustrator creates surreal worlds in which anthropomorphic cats live in. Photo: Meowseum Penang
If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much, wrote Mark Twain.
This quote is one of several hanging in an old, heritage shophouse in Lebuh Melayu at the heart of George Town, Penang, where a long love affair with felines has culminated into Meowseum, a centre for everything and anything related to cats.
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A paper diorama from Yuko Higuchi from Japan. This illustrator creates surreal worlds in which anthropomorphic cats live in. Photo: Meowseum Penang
An original print from US artist/illustrator Ralph Steadman.
'Sleepers' by artist Dusty Ray, which is all about cats and their creepy yawns. Photo: Meowseum Penang
Meowseum comes alive the most when there's a midnoon sun coming through the tall skylight bathing the art, plants and the occasional cat. Photo: Meowseum Penang
A Maneki Neko is also known as a Lucky Cat or Fortune Cat. No cat museum can do without a few of them... plus a Ziggy Stardust feline. Photo: Meowseum Penang
An ornamental delight from the Meowseum's collection of jester and clown themed figurines. Photo: Meowseum Penang
One of the more interesting drip glazed ceramic cats in Meowseum's collection. Photo: Meowseum Penang
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