City: Penang
Top Things to do in Penang
Top Hotels in Penang
- 1. PARKROYAL Penang Resort
- 2. Hard Rock Hotel Penang
- 3. Shangri-La Rasa Sayang, Penang
- 4. Hompton By The Beach Penang
- 5. Sunway Hotel Georgetown Penang
- 6. JEN Penang Georgetown by Shangri-La
- 7. Royale Chulan Penang
- 8. Shangri-La Golden Sands, Penang
- 9. Lexis Suites Penang
- 10. DoubleTree Resort By Hilton Hotel Penang
Top 10 Museums in Penang, Malaysia
Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai (formerly Province Wellesley) on the Malay Peninsula. The second smallest Malaysian state by land mass, Penang is bordered by Kedah to the north and the east, and Perak to the south.
Restaurants in Penang
1. Penang House of Music
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 214 reviews
A celebration of Penang's glorious musical heritage and cultural diversity with carefully curated exhibitions and interactive features. We showcase, among many things, Penang's popular music from the 1940s-1960s, a feature on communal music, a recreation of a radio booth and cinema, and many others! Also available is a resource center where visitors may discover an ever-growing vinyl collection, newspaper clippings, previously unreleased recordings, audio and video interviews and many, many more.
Reviewed By charmynishungry - Kulai, Malaysia
If you are a first timer here in Penang, and you LOVE music.. this place is a MUST VISIT! Not only that the staffs are friendly, but they are willing to let you interact with the instruments. It is a music museum, so you'll learn a lot about Penang's history and how Western music was able to influence music in Penang back in the 1950s.
2. Kuih Culture Gallery & Workshop
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
Learn the Culture and history of Malaysian Confectioneries "Kuih" thru Interactive 3D Mural Art, Video, and self-experience the fun of Kuih making and heritage preparation.
3. Pinang Peranakan Mansion
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4,371 reviews
Reviewed By aiyomango
A beautiful house filled with antiques -- it is well worth waiting to join a guided tour in order to get the most out of your visit, as many of the objects in the main house have short (rather than detailed) labels for visitors to read. Our guide, Stanley, was friendly and knowledgeable, giving us a great insight into the history of the family who had built and lived in the house, as well as taking us through the extensive collections on display. Stanley was very happy to answer questions from our little group and made our visit a fascinating, very memorable one!
4. Batik Painting Museum Penang
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 49 reviews
Reviewed By dragongirlmomma - Singapore, Singapore
Stumbled this museum by chance and was awed by the collection. The Batik paintings are personal collections by the owner over the years. Batik as most know are decorations on cloth to be used as clothing. This museum however showcase Batik as a medium for paintings. A cool place to take a break, rest and cool down and feast your eyes with the intricacies of the Batik paintings when exploring the streets of Georgetown.
5. Asia Camera Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 280 reviews
Reviewed By ngk840
it's a very nice place here. You are going to love it if you are interested in photography or films. The manager there is very knowledgeable but she speaks a little bit faster. Price is rm10 for students price and we spent about 1 hour therem definitely worth your time and place. Just an advice herr, strictly no recording. We snapped an Instagram boomerang and the manager is kinda paranoid but i understand. Photos are allowed there but they have 0 tolerance for video recording
6. Colonial Penang Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 375 reviews
Our Colonial Penang museum will bring visitors back to Penang's colonial past. Experience the unique lifestyle of both the British Administrators & the wealthy merchants, appreciate the intricate art form from the past and the influence of British to our Penangites. Visitors can find unique antiques such as :- - Parchment handwritten document by Captain Francis Light, founder of Penang, - Francois Linke ,the Belle Epoque of French furniture, - The white carrara marble statues by Atelier R.Bigazzi Florence, - Reverse painting by William Morris & Company (Westminster) Ltd., ( Ruskin House ), - Stained Glass window by Hubert McGoldrick / Alfred Ernest Child and Katherine O'Brien , - Roman pillars and tree house and many more. The museum can also be used as an educational instrument for students to promote the understanding and significant of our rich heritage in the past.
Reviewed By TAvisitior
Visited Colonial Penang Museum on 18.8.19, we were met by the friendly guide who could tell us the history about every single piece of the exhibit. We posted numerous questions and he share all his story so happily with such vigour and passion. Fans, light bulbs, radios that still works after more than 90 years! Beautiful stain glass, wonderfully preserved antiques, lovely garden, gracious and funny guide and host - this all made up for an unforgetable time.
7. Tuanku Fauziah Museum & Art Gallery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By nurhidayahabdullahh
Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauzah (MGTF) USM, it is the only museum and gallery in this region that combines both the sciences and arts under one roof. I really recommended it to everybody especially for USM's student. I am guarantee that visiting MGTF promises a holistic and exciting learning experience!
8. Royal Selangor Visitor Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By KLCCtraveler
Great tour, our guide Ravi was very informative and was happy to answer all our questions. Looking forward to coming back again with future visitors
9. Wonderfood Museum Penang
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 366 reviews
Reviewed By RoadtrippersAsia - Penang, Malaysia
One of the best museum in Penang where one can learn and understand all about the food culture and history of Malaysia. You will find larger than life food form of this multiracial country as well as interesting food facts and the history of the food here. I believe this is an one of its kind museum in the region. Totally worth the RM25 entrance fee.
10. Hin Bus Depot
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 142 reviews
Hin Bus Depot is an art and events space located in George Town, Penang. Established in 2014, the space is run by a small creative collective that curates the contents of the space, which includes exhibitions & street art by local and international artists, parties, music gigs, theatre plays, festivals, fashion events, brand launch and a whole lot more. The space started off with only an exhibition space and an outdoor stage, and now expanded with 6 food and beverage outlets, another gallery, 4 artist studios and a few others that will be joining the ‘Hin family’ soon. Hin Bus Depot supports and showcases progressive and upcoming artists, artworks, events and art forms.
Reviewed By Nijgraver - George Town, Malaysia
This is a great Sunday venue for either a solo traveler or all the family with varied art and craft stalls and a number of excellent food and drink outlets. Along with play areas for the children A must to visit on a sunday
