Please do not forget to get appointment for Kite Museum Visit and Workshop.
History of Kite
- B.C 1500 – It is debated where kite appeared first time. According to historians’ opinion, first place of kite might be China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and South Pacific Islands.
- B.C 500 – In B.C 5th century, Kungshu Pan who could make a kite shaped like bird and fly for three days, and Mo Zi who had tried making a kite for three years are famous in Chinese stories.
- B.C 400 – Greek Archytas made wooden kite which shaped like swan and flew it successfully. This is the oldest record in Europe archive but it is still debated was it kite or not.
- B.C 206 – General Han Xin used kite for measure the distance of his army and ramparts of city which they surrounded. Owing to this calculation, he determined how many metre tunnels they need digging.
- B.C 202 – Emperor Huan Teng used kite during the war and distracted enemy army.
History of Kite
What are the recent developments?
Brazil
5 kites, 4 magazines, 9 kite accessories
Holland
48 kites, 19 magazines, 13 festival posters
Japan
67 kites, 3 books, 10 magazines, 16 festival posters, 37 kite accessories
Sri Lanka
3 kites, 24 kite accessories
Cambodia
12 kites, 6 books, 9 kite accessories
Luxembourg
6 kites, 2 magazines
Italy
3 magazines
Colombia
3 kites, 8 kite accessories
Kuwait
5 kites, 12 kite accessories
Singapore
5 kites
Pakistan
26 kites
Turkey
184 kites, 56 books, 25 kite accessories, 127 MNA awards, 24 documents/letters, 34 years press archive (more than 1000 documents/news), 12 years visitor notebook (12 volumes), kite history (written, illustrated, and picured)
India
163 kites, 6 books, 4 magazines, 4 festival posters, 28 kite accessories
America
17 kites, 5 books, 69 magazines, 48 kite accessories
South Korea
18 kites, 2 books, 3 magazines, 17 kite accessories
Thailand
14 kites, 2 books, 22 kite accessories
New Zeland
3 kites, 14 kite accessories
England
13 kites, 3 magazines, 48 kite accessories
Belgium
6 kites, 18 kite accessories
Austria
9 kites, 5 books, 8 magazines, 13 kite accessories
Chile
1 kite accessories
China
144 kites, 5 books, 12 magazines, 76 kite accessories
Indonesia
13 kites, 27 kite accessories
Malaysia
32 kites, 9 books, 13 magazines, 93 kite accessories
Vietnam
6 kites, 5 magazines, 20 kite accessories
South Africa
3 kites, 2 books, 15 kite accessories
Poland
2 kites, 11 kite accessories
Denmark
3 kites
France
6 kites, 8 magazines, 21 kite accessories
Brunei
11 kites, 8 kite accessories
Taiwan
9 kites
North Korea
3 kites, 2 kite accessories
School Pictures
You can find all the photographs of the schools visiting our museum in our archive.