Penang Peranakan Mansion is a 19th century Chinese home of an affluent family in Penang. This is now converted to a museum that showcases the culture and traditions followed by the Chinese in this region.

Housed in a delicately restored museum, visitors will get to browse from over 1,000 pieces of Peranakan (Straits Chinese) memorabilia, antiques and artefacts. Not to worry if it’s all too unfamiliar to you, the mansion provides free guided tours.

if you want to know more about this amazing culture then the Penang Peranakan Museum will take you back in time and there are even recreations of traditional homes from the 19th century as well as galleries of photographs and antiques.