Melaka Sights

  1. Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum

    Touring this traditional Peranakan townhouse brings you back to a time when women hid behind elaborate partitions when guests dropped by, and every social situation had its specific location within the house. The captivating Baba-Nonya Heritage Museum is arranged to look like a typical 19th-century Baba-Nonya residence.

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  2. Stadthuys

    Melaka's most unmistakable landmark and favourite trishaw pick-up spot is the Stadthuys, the imposing salmon-pink town hall and governor's residence. It's believed to be the oldest Dutch building in the East, built shortly after Melaka was captured by the Dutch in 1641, and is a reproduction of the former Stadhuis (town hall) of the Frisian town of Hoorn in the Netherlands.

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