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The 10 Best Museums in George Town, Penang
The beauty and rich history of George Town keeps tourists flocking all year round. George Town offers views of the famous Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, Kapitan Keling Mosque and many of the capital's golden crowned Buddhist temples. With museums showcasing the country's rich-historical treasures, restaurants that offer classic Malaysian cuisine and dozens of shopping malls, there's guaranteed to be something for everyone to see.
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1. Penang House of Music
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5.0 based on 214 reviews
A celebration of Penang's glorious musical heritage and cultural diversity with carefully curated exhibitions and interactive features. We showcase, among many things, Penang's popular music from the 1940s-1960s, a feature on communal music, a recreation of a radio booth and cinema, and many others! Also available is a resource center where visitors may discover an ever-growing vinyl collection, newspaper clippings, previously unreleased recordings, audio and video interviews and many, many more.
Reviewed By charmynishungry - Kulai, Malaysia
If you are a first timer here in Penang, and you LOVE music.. this place is a MUST VISIT! Not only that the staffs are friendly, but they are willing to let you interact with the instruments. It is a music museum, so you'll learn a lot about Penang's history and how Western music was able to influence music in Penang back in the 1950s.
2. Cheng Ho Art & Culture Centre
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Historical records reveal that Ming Dynasty’s Admiral Cheng Ho visited Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia at least five times during his famous seven voyages to the Western Ocean. Cheng Ho Art and Culture Centre reviews the historical background of Admiral Cheng Ho and present the collections of valuable Agar wood Carvings, Blue and White Porcelain antique and the precious Admiral Cheng Ho official attire. We do have the professional Guide person to tell you the story behind the voyage.
3. Pinang Peranakan Mansion
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4.5 based on 4,371 reviews
Reviewed By aiyomango
A beautiful house filled with antiques -- it is well worth waiting to join a guided tour in order to get the most out of your visit, as many of the objects in the main house have short (rather than detailed) labels for visitors to read. Our guide, Stanley, was friendly and knowledgeable, giving us a great insight into the history of the family who had built and lived in the house, as well as taking us through the extensive collections on display. Stanley was very happy to answer questions from our little group and made our visit a fascinating, very memorable one!
4. Asia Camera Museum
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4.5 based on 280 reviews
Reviewed By ngk840
it's a very nice place here. You are going to love it if you are interested in photography or films. The manager there is very knowledgeable but she speaks a little bit faster. Price is rm10 for students price and we spent about 1 hour therem definitely worth your time and place. Just an advice herr, strictly no recording. We snapped an Instagram boomerang and the manager is kinda paranoid but i understand. Photos are allowed there but they have 0 tolerance for video recording
5. Colonial Penang Museum
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4.5 based on 375 reviews
Our Colonial Penang museum will bring visitors back to Penang's colonial past. Experience the unique lifestyle of both the British Administrators & the wealthy merchants, appreciate the intricate art form from the past and the influence of British to our Penangites. Visitors can find unique antiques such as :- - Parchment handwritten document by Captain Francis Light, founder of Penang, - Francois Linke ,the Belle Epoque of French furniture, - The white carrara marble statues by Atelier R.Bigazzi Florence, - Reverse painting by William Morris & Company (Westminster) Ltd., ( Ruskin House ), - Stained Glass window by Hubert McGoldrick / Alfred Ernest Child and Katherine O'Brien , - Roman pillars and tree house and many more. The museum can also be used as an educational instrument for students to promote the understanding and significant of our rich heritage in the past.
Reviewed By TAvisitior
Visited Colonial Penang Museum on 18.8.19, we were met by the friendly guide who could tell us the history about every single piece of the exhibit. We posted numerous questions and he share all his story so happily with such vigour and passion. Fans, light bulbs, radios that still works after more than 90 years! Beautiful stain glass, wonderfully preserved antiques, lovely garden, gracious and funny guide and host - this all made up for an unforgetable time.
6. Teochew Puppet and Opera House
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4.5 based on 33 reviews
Situated in an old-style Penang house with its long, narrow architecture and a central atrium, Teochew Puppet and Opera House is a museum of Teochew opera art, the first of its kind in Malaysia. The museum contains exhibits of Teochew iron-rod puppets as well as costumes and props from live-size Teochew opera, telling the story of a remarkable family of opera performers over five generations. Visitors may also try on authentic opera costumes and try their hand at manipulating the unique iron-rod puppets. Though it is primarily an exhibition space, the Teochew Puppet & Opera House still occasionally holds opera performances, talks and workshops in the premises after hours.
Reviewed By macedonboy - Glasgow, United Kingdom
I so remember watching Teochew Puppets and Chinese opera in general as a child, but never kept it up. So it brought back a lot of good memories to visit this museum and seeing all the costumes and puppets. This museum is very close to the Sun Yat Sen Museum on the same street, so it’s good to combine the two visits while here.
7. Wonderfood Museum Penang
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4.5 based on 366 reviews
Reviewed By RoadtrippersAsia - Penang, Malaysia
One of the best museum in Penang where one can learn and understand all about the food culture and history of Malaysia. You will find larger than life food form of this multiracial country as well as interesting food facts and the history of the food here. I believe this is an one of its kind museum in the region. Totally worth the RM25 entrance fee.
8. Hin Bus Depot
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4.5 based on 142 reviews
Hin Bus Depot is an art and events space located in George Town, Penang. Established in 2014, the space is run by a small creative collective that curates the contents of the space, which includes exhibitions & street art by local and international artists, parties, music gigs, theatre plays, festivals, fashion events, brand launch and a whole lot more. The space started off with only an exhibition space and an outdoor stage, and now expanded with 6 food and beverage outlets, another gallery, 4 artist studios and a few others that will be joining the ‘Hin family’ soon. Hin Bus Depot supports and showcases progressive and upcoming artists, artworks, events and art forms.
Reviewed By Nijgraver - George Town, Malaysia
This is a great Sunday venue for either a solo traveler or all the family with varied art and craft stalls and a number of excellent food and drink outlets. Along with play areas for the children A must to visit on a sunday
9. Asia Comic Cultural Museum
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4.5 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By pianocello - Shah Alam, Malaysia
Fun and informative for the whole family. My kids also loved this. My only grouse is that there is not enough content in the Japan section considering the amount of manga from Japan.
10. Tech Dome Penang
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4.5 based on 119 reviews
Explore, discover & experience science at Penang's 1st Science Discovery Centre (KOMTAR, Georgetown). 150+ interactive exhibits & countless hours of fun.
Reviewed By ChuahSzeWei - George Town, Malaysia
Tech Dome Penang is a good educational place for people to visit. It has more than 150 interactive exhibits to interact with. The exhibits are fun and it also provides education to us. It is a "MUST" place to visit when you come to Penang.
