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The 10 Best History Museums in Melaka, Melaka State
This charming city is a UNESCO world heritage site, with a rich trading history and multicultural heritage. Melaka is a rewarding town to explore and is about two hours from Kuala Lumpur.
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1. Ng Yoong Fong Jade Museum
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. The Royal Press
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5.0 based on 11 reviews
The Royal Press seeks to establish itself as the first polyglot letterpress living museum in the world dedicated to preserving the craft of letterpress printing. As one of the oldest surviving polyglot letterpress printing houses in the world, it continues to be a work in progress to lead in the conversation on the importance of preservation of crafts and the protection of heritage buildings.
Reviewed By 517markor - Darmstadt, Germany
We realy enjoyed our tour through the museum. It was a pleasure to be guided through the history of printing by the young lady. At first we just wanted to see the huge machine. We needed to buy a ticket which seemed to be a little bit high of the price at first. But we did not know, that we are going to get a 2hour+ private tour! It was absolutely awesome! If you enjoy technic in general and like old fashioned machine, you defintiely need to give it try! If we recall correcty they were creating a little cafe in Dez 2019. Hopefully this is finished already and can be visited for a nice coffee...
3. Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum
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4.5 based on 2,062 reviews
The Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum is located in Melaka, a world UNESCO Site. The house is a combination of three terrace lots that were acquired by the Chan family in 1861. Four generations lived in the house before it was opened as a museum in March 1985. Visiting hours from 10.00am to 4.30pm every day.
Reviewed By 933jimb
This really is a wonderful piece of architectural history. It is a beautiful house of a rich family, that gives you an excellent insight to the recent past. Great pictures and furniture.
4. Malacca Heritage Centre
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4.5 based on 186 reviews
The Malacca Heritage Centre is a place untouched by time, where a unique heritage has been meticulously maintained. A museum that is still a family and ancestral home, it is filled with the objects and spirit of the Peranakan culture of Malacca, as it has been for more than a hundred years.
5. Perbadanan Muzium Melaka
6. Hang Tuah Museum
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By leecK9330OU - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A complex museum to display the history related to Hang Tuah. The museum comprised exhibition hall, Hang Tuah & her friends house. It's very informative & interesting
7. Stadthuys
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4.0 based on 763 reviews
This 17th-century building was the seat of the Dutch administration and now houses a history museum.
Reviewed By bryonb468
You will probably stumble onto Dutch Square while in the old city of Melaka. It seems to be the place to be. And that's part of the appeal. I recommend going there at night and during the day. At night it's full of garishly lit tuk tuks blaring loud music carrying smiling tourist. It seems like everyone is having a great time. In the day it's still full of people, but it's less hectic. There are a lot of museums in the area that are worth ducking into to learn more about the history of Melaka. And the buildings are beautiful to look at. It's a worthwhile place to visit.
8. Museum of Royal Malaysian Customs Department
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4.0 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By RandolphCarter1919 - Australia, null
Clean, cool and more interesting than I thought. Excellent museum by the river with free entry. Some great exhibits of contraband from drugs to sex toys, I can't express how good this place was, an eccentric one topic museum with excellent exhibits.
9. Melaka History and Ethnography Museum
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4.0 based on 116 reviews
Melaka History and Ethnography Museum is housed in Stadthuys, an oleh Dutch VOC building build around the year 1650s. The History Museum contain exhibits on the founding of Melaka and dioramas about the city during the Portuguese, Dutch and British period. There is a free guided tour of the History Museum every Saturday and Sunday at 10.30am and 2.30pm. The guided tour is in English.
Reviewed By Alok_Nahata - Alor Setar, Malaysia
The museum is situated in the Stadthuys. The details of the visit and pictures are uploaded in the review of Stadthuys. The museum is a worth visit and it has a great collection of Malaysian history and the previous rulers.
