National
Kite Museum - Phnom Penh - Cambodia http://subvision.net/sky/planetkite/asia/cambodia/camb_kite-museum.htm
China
Weifang
Kite Museum - Weifang/Shandong
Province, China
Weifang Kite Museum is China's first professional museum, situated in
the city of Weifang, Shandong Province and built in 1987. Weifang Kite
Museum consists of twelve exhibition halls of different size. Weifang
Kite Museum have a superb collection of beautiful Chinese and foreign
kites is on display, the oldest type being the "Luban kite" of the 5th
century BCE. Chinese kites collection consist in four main categories:
Centipede-Kites, Hard-Winged-Kites, Soft-Winged-Kites and Flat-Kites.
http://www.chinakites.org
India
The
Kite Museum - Ahmedabad, Gujarat Province, India
Bhanu Shah's curated collection of kites
from around the world focuses on the fighter kites of India, wonderful
variety of kites that depict their colourful history and regional
flavours. http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/ahmedabad/museums.html
Indonesia
Indonesia
Kite Museum - Pondok Labu South
Jakarta, Indonesia This is the first museum of kites in Indonesia,the
museum include collections of 350 kites from all corner of Nusantara and
also from other countries, including traditional and modern kites.
Japan
The
Tokyo Kite Museum - Tokyo, Japan
The Kite Museum ("TAKO-NO-HAKUBUTSUKAN" in
Japanese) exhibits mainly typical Japanese traditional kites, "Edo
Nishiki-E Dako", and other Japanese kites from all over Japan, together
with kites from China and other Asian countries. http://www.tako.gr.jp
Huge
Kite Museum - Shouwa
Town, Saitama, Japan
The Building of Museum has 4 stories and a big well hall exhibited 4
Huge Kites hanging on the wall after festival. In addition to the above,
the museum exhibits 400 kites or more from all over Japan and also from
the world, and has a projection room, some meeting rooms and workshops.
The museum holds kite-making schools for young people and other various
cultural events for the season, and fulfills another function as a
community center for local people. http://www.tako.gr.jp
The
Toy Museum Kurashiki - Kurashiki, Japan A private Japanese kites collection, curated by Mr.
Ooga.
http://www.kurashiki.or.jp/english/main/sight/html/point/point1-05.html
Malaysia
Kite
Museum Jalan Kota - Bandar
Hilir, Melaka, Malaysia
This museum is located on the fourth floor of the building housing the
People's Musem in Jalan Kota, Bandar Hilir, Melaka. The museum
explicates, since its invention, how the kite has served society as a
means of long distance communication, a weapon of war, a sport and also
as leisure activity. The museum also displays how kites are made in
various countries, the different materials they are made with, and the
role kites play in the cultural life of the people of those countries.
The museum displays kites, traditional and modern, of different shapes
and sizes, from many different parts of the world. The Nusantra Wau is
also on display. http://www.virtualmalaysia.com
Pasir
Gudang Kite Museum - Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
The Pasir Gudang Kite Museum is dedicated to the traditional Malay
kite known as the wau. With the aim to preserve and promote the wau as
part of the Malaysian craft heritage, this museum showcases the art of
kite-making and displays a collection of traditional kites or wau, in
spectacular colours and designs.
http://www.virtualmalaysia.com
Taiwan
Kite
Museum of Chiou Fen Chiou Fen - Taiwan Private collection of kites
in Taiwan.
United Kingdom
The
Museum of Kites - Middleton,
Teesdale, United Kingdom
A vast collection of kites from all over the world, curated by Malcolm
Goodman.
United States of America
World
Kite Museum & Hall of Fame - Long Beach, Washington,
United States of America The World Kite Museum & Hall of Fame is the
only American Museum dedicated exclusively to the history of kites,
kitemakers and famous kite fliers. The World Kite Museum & Hall of Fame
has a collection of more than 1500 kites from many cultures. http://www.worldkitemuseum.com/