GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 5 -- The Penang Ferry Museum is now open to the public, almost a year after the iconic ferry made its last journey across the channel to be parked at the Tanjung City Marina to begin its second life as a floating museum.

Its exteriors emblazoned with caricatures painted by the late Penang artist, Azmi Hussin, the ferry museum is parked right next to Pangkalan Raja Uda, affording visitors views of the new ferries on one side and the Swettenham Pier on another side.

True to its name, the museum pays homage to Penang's iconic ferries in its exhibits within the repurposed ferry, previously named Feri Pulau Pinang.

The first exhibition space on the main deck was filled with pictorial and factual information on the history...