The Governor's Museum () is a
museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
atop
St. Paul's Hill in
Malacca City
Malacca City ( or ') is the List of capitals in Malaysia, capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca, in Melaka Tengah District. It is List of cities by time of continuous habitation, the oldest Malaysian city on the Straits of Malacca, hav ...
,
Malacca
Malacca (), officially the Historic State of Malacca (), is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
, which exhibits the personal belongings of various governors of Malacca since the independence of
Malaya
Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:
Political entities
* British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...
. The museum's building was formerly used as the official residence and office of the
Dutch governor of Malacca, as well as the official residence of
the Yang di-Pertua Negeri or Governor of Malacca (Seri Melaka) until September 1996, before being turned into a museum and officially opened to the public in 2002.
See also
*
List of museums in Malaysia
This is a list of museums in Malaysia.
Johor
* Bugis Museum
* Johor Figure Museum , Temporarily closed
* Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum
* Kite Museum
* Kota Johor Lama Museum
* Kota Tinggi Museum
* Mersing Museum
* Pineapple Muse ...
*
List of tourist attractions in Malacca
This is the list of tourist attractions in Malacca, Malaysia.
Community
* Chitty Village
* Hang Tuah Village
* Jonker Walk
* Little India, Malacca, Little India
* Morten Village
* Portuguese Settlement, Malacca, Portug ...
* Similar British colonial residences:
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The Istana
The Istana (from the Malay word for "palace") is the official residence and office of the president of Singapore. The palace is open to the public during scheduled public holidays and is where the president receives and entertains state guests ...
in Singapore.
**
Suffolk House and
The Residency in Penang.
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Carcosa
Carcosa is a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (1886). The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there.
Ameri ...
in Kuala Lumpur.
References
2002 establishments in Malaysia
Buildings and structures in Malacca City
Museums established in 2002
Museums in Malacca
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