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Sunlight spills in the doorway at the groundfloor, where the clan museum now occupies.



Front passageway, museum level.



Back portion of the museum level has rows of benches.




Looking through the doorway at the clan museum.



Khoo Kongsi Clan Museum



Khoo Kongsi Clan Museum. The museum showcases the history of the Khoo clan as well as the beginning of the Khoo association.



Khoo Kongsi Clan Museum.



A traditional Chinese chair sits quietly along the wall of the museum.



A row of chairs along the wall at the museum.



The Khoo Genealogical Chart is arranged in the form of a five-worded poem. A clasnman who is named with the middle character following the chart's sequence can be easily traced as to which generation he belongs to. For example, Khoo Kay Poh with the middle name Kay can be said to belong to the 21st generation.



Another view of the front passage way on the museum level, looking in the direction of the giftshop.



Plaque of the Self-Protection Society of the Khoo Clan, that used to occupy the museum level.



Plaque of the Parentage Society of the Khoo Clan, also occupying the museum level.



The back portion of the museum level.



A circular ornamental window on the museum level.

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