One would expect to see a museum or two at a heritage city. Heck, the entire city should actually be a museum. Melaka did much better with its center having museums galore. Each museum was beside another along Jalan Kota.
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| History, Ethnography and Literature Museum |
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| Democratic Government Museum |
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| Proclamation of Independence Memorial |
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| Malay and Islamic World Museum |
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| Museum of Enduring Beauty (which we found quite unusual and therefore probably worth exploring next time) |
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| Melaka Umno Museum |
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| Facade of one of the buildings housing the museums |
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| Islamic Museum |
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| Gate to alternative way to St. Paul's Church ruins |
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| Malaysia Architecture Museum |
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| Transport Museum (the place was cordoned off since its under renovation so I just posed in front of an old plane and rail car) |
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| One of many ruins you'll find around the city - I will feature other ruins or remnants of Melaka's colonial past in future posts. |
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| We could see this replica of a galleon from our hotel room - Melaka or Malacca as it was called before was a Portuguese colony and subject of much interest by other colonial powers. It was eventually conquered by the Dutch and then by British. Historically, Melaka was supposed to have been under the Spanish while Manila was supposed to have been under Portugal based on how the two maritime powers partitioned this part of the world prior to the ascendance of England. |
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| Maritime Museum |
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| Inscription on plaque outside the Maritime Museum |
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| Museum of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department |
It was late in the day so we weren't able to enter any of the museums during our first day but they are definitely among the attractions that we will come back for the next time we go there. On our second day, we decided against going in the museums that were open (it was a Sunday) and instead maximized our photo ops around the central par of the city.
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