The museum visit to know all about Malacca's history

Day 3

This was our last day in Malacca. As usual, we had our breakfast at our Aldy Hotel Stadthuys, this time trying out some other set meals different from the previous day. Our coach will pick us up at 1.00pm to return to Singapore, thus we had only planned for a visit to one attraction after our breakfast.


History and Ethnography Museum (The Stadthuys)

The History and Ethnography Museum is housed inside The Stadthuys building. It is a 2 storey building and the entire museum complex is large, which require several hours to completely appreciate all the exhibits. The museum is split into 2 portion, the history and ethnography section.

Once we entered the museum, there's a large exhibition hall on the various artifacts, porcelains, weapons traded and found in the region across various eras, from the Malacca Sultanate to the European colonial periods.

Porcelain Exhibits

Kris - Weapon used by the Malay warriors

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On the second level, we will walk through the history of Malacca, with detail explanation of each ruling period. On the Malacca Sultanate, there are numerous painting illustrations about the founding of the Sultanate, lifestyles of the people, and folktales during that period. The European colonial section showcase the rise and fall of the Portuguese, Dutch and British, the ships they used and their governance over Malacca. Lastly, there are also section that showcase the Japanese Occupation and the modern history about the incorporation of Malacca into the Malaysia Federation.

Malacca during the Sultanate period

Malacca during the Portuguese period

Malacca during the Dutch period

There's one section dedicated as the Zheng He's Gallery, which showcase Zheng He's maritime voyage through the Straits of Malacca and the growing relationship between the Malacca Sultanate and Ming China at that time.

Illustration of Admiral Zheng He

Historical information about Zheng He and his fleets

Illustration of Parameswara's visit to Emperor Yongle in Ming China

The ethnography portion of the museum focus on the culture and lifestyles of various communities in Malacca. Due to shortage of time, I did not spend too much time in this section.


Lunch at Jonker 88

After a lot of walking in the History and Ethnography Museum, we went to Jonker 88 to have our lunch. Jonker 88 is a shophouse unit along Jonker Street located just beside the Jonker Walk Heritage Park.

Jonker 88

The shop itself is not very big and seats are limited. We had to split up and waited for a while before we got the tables. It's self-service here, thus we had to queue up further inside the shop, placed our order and collect from the food there as well. Jonker 88 is famous for their laksa and chendol with gula melaka syrup, which almost everyone is ordering. However they also sell other food like nasi lemak, fish soup, soup noodles and ice kacang. The laksa and chendol was really good, which is worth the time waiting in the queue.

Our lunch

Baba Laksa

Goodbye Malacca

After the lunch, we went back to our hotel and check-out the rooms. Overall, we had an enjoyable stay in Malacca, although we had missed out on the night market at Jonker Street, which is only available during the weekends. I will recommend a visit to the Malacca City, especially for those who love history, good food and the Peranakan culture.



Follow the links below to the other days of my Malacca tour:

Day 1: Aldy Hotel Stadthuys, Jonker Street, Hoe Kee Chicken Rice, Baba and Nyonya Heritage Museum, Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall

Day 2: St. Paul's Church, Porta de Santiago, Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum, A&W, Maritime Museum, Malacca River Cruise, Dutch Square, Tang Shifu

Day 3: History and Ethnography Museum (The Stadthuys), Jonker 88