The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum is popular museum in Malacca. The museum showcases the best of distinctive cultural values and lifestyle inherited by the Baba Nyonya community of Chinese - Malay ethnics. Baba refers to the Male descendent, while Nyonya refers to the female. The interesting intermarriage between the two different races of early Chinese male settlers and local Malay women resulted in this unique culture which is uncommonly seen in today’s urban city.

The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum comprises three well-preserved townhouses dating back to mid 19th century. The museum is privately owned with a traditional homey ambiance unlike visiting a conventional museum with items kept inside the glass enclosures. The design of this ancestral house is influenced by the neo-classical European architecture, with heavy Greco-Roman columns. The interior of the house is furnished with numerous antique pieces in finely carved hardwood. The furniture is generally bulky and heavy, but featuring classic Chinese work of art.

Admission: RM8.00 for adults, and RM4.00 for children (5-12 years old).

Opening times: Everyday from 10am - 12.30pm and 2pm - 4.30pm

For more information, contact;

Baba Nyonya Heritage
50-51 Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock
75200 Malacca
Tel: (+606) 283 1273
Fax: (+606) 283 1273