The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum is located in Melaka, Malaysia, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1] It is housed in a traditional Peranakan (Baba Nyonya) townhouse that has been passed down through four generations of the Chan family since 1861. [2] The museum aims to preserve and promote understanding of Baba Nyonya culture, which originated from intermarriages between Chinese immigrants and local women in Southeast Asia. [3] It contains three sections - the Reception Hall, Kitchen, and Ancestral Hall - that demonstrate key aspects of Peranakan home life and traditions.

1. Baba Nyonya Heritage
Museum

2. GROUP MEMBER (HM 241 4B):
SITI NURHIDAYU BT BAH ALANG NURI
2014821814
SITI NADIAH BT SHAMSUDIN
2014670634 SYAKILLA BT KOSNON
2014624752
NOR RAWIAH ABDUL MANAF

4. INTRODUCTION
 Located in Melaka + declared as a World UNESCO Heritage Site
combination of three terrace lots that were acquired by the Chan
family in year 1861.
 There are four generations lived in the house in March 1985.
 Peranakan Baba Nyonya = Chinese traders intermarried with local
women (Indonesia, Malays, and Siamese) and adopted South East
Asian social practices and the local language.
 Managed by the family generations
 Revive Malaysia’s Peranakan identity and heritage to the public by
preserving the house for visitors and preserve the house becoming
a museum by forth son of Chan Seng Kee

5.  Three section : Reception Hall (Thia Besar), Kitchen (Dapur) and
Ancestral Hall (Thia Abu).
Reception Hall (Thia Besar) Kitchen (Dapur) Ancestral Hall (Thia Abu)

7. SUB ATTRACTION ALONG
MALACCA
Jonker Walk
Open stall
and shop during
night sell food
and many
authentic artefacts
and relics.
Stadthuys
Oldest Dutch building
in the East. This large
impressive building
now houses the
History Museum and
Ethnography
Museum
Melaka River Cruise
The 45-minute cruise is accompanied by an
entertaining and informative commentary
St. Paul's Hill (A'Famosa)
The entrance façade and the structure
of a church at the top of the hill

8. 1. According to the linear chat for 2 years, we can see on year 2012 the total tourist
arrivals were 56,862.
2. Year 2013, the total number of visitors is higher than year 2012 which is 70,705
visitors.
3. Difference total number between these two years is 13,843 visitors
4. Most of the international tourists = Singapore, Japan, Thailand and other Asian
country
STATISTIC OF VISITOR ARRIVAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
year 2012 2910 2675 5716 3200 3604 4152 3894 8723 6016 5689 4566 5717
year 2013 4278 4528 4370 5623 5729 6059 6185 7490 6725 5389 7356 6973
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Tourist arrival statistic at The Baba and Nyonya Heritage Museum on year 2012 & year 2013

9. LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
Stagnation stage as referred on
destination lifecycle model.
1.The museum can not develop
more due to preserve the
heritage and historical values of
the museum
2. The UNESCO list site and
museum start to maintaining,
sustaining, preserving, and
conserving the heritage and
historical value with the
supported fund from this
worldwide association.
3. Perceived to be “out of fashion”
4. Number of visitors did not show huge growth of tourist arrival each year because people lack
of appreciate on historical value

11. development and design standard
1. Site Development Standard
 BUILDING HEIGHTS –
• Double story building height nearby the coastal area of the Malacca River. The first
floor consists of reception hall, ancestral hall, dark hall, kitchen, and toilet.
• The second floor consist the bedrooms.
 BUILDING SETBACKS-
• Setback area 300 metres from the Malacca riverbank to protect the building from
erosion damages and allows adequate space for public access
 OFFSTREET PARKING-
• Site coverage is limited and cannot develop bigger.
• One way road .
• Road area is small

13. development and design standard con..
2. Design Consideration
 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
• House No. 48 & 50 = Main homestead and No. 52 = Servant quarters
• Design horizontally backward.
• Dutch regulation = pay tax for every single window.
• Building house horizontally to backward not sides to sides to pay less tax
• Interior decor clues to = Dutch, Portuguese, Malay, And Colonial
• Inlaid with mother of pearl and marble, solid cenggal wood, woven gold-leaf
carvings staircase
 LOCAL STYLE, MOTIF, AND MATERIAL
• China influence = by floral and animal tales of China people (wood carving)
• Malay influence = kitchen equipment’s
• British influence= mosaic floor and small open space area

15. development and design standard con..
3. Engineering Design
 WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE
• Olden days use well to keep rain drop as their water supply
• Provide water bidet to get the tap water (modern technology)
• Provide proper drainage for waste water.
• Rain drop flow systematically to the disposal area
 ELECTRIC POWER AND TELECOMMUNICATION
The oil lamp electrical lamp and steam fan Electrical fan and air
conditioner
 SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
• Use vase to keep their solid waste = their servant will throw away the waste and
clean up the vase
• Provide proper and comfortable toilet for visitor and family members.

17. Positive Negative
1.Infrastructure improvements :
provided an accessible road system to
the Baba and Nyonya Museum
1.Noise pollution:
many vehicles use the small road
in front of the Baba and Nyonya
Museum building
lead to psychological stress
2. Increasing the environmental
awareness :
 running a campaign such as a day
without plastic bag or “green
environment” campaign
2. Air pollution :
 happen from the excessive
use of internal combustion
of vehicles used by people at
this site
3. Conservation of the historic sites and
architectural characteristic :
 listed destination under UNESCO, so
the local authority takes initiative to
conserve and preserve the historic
3.Land use problem:
traffic condition of using
the land at the site area of
Baba and Nyonya Museum
attract the hotelier to build their hotel, inns and
other types of accommodations near this area
ENVIRONMENT IMPACT

19. ECONOMIC IMPACT
Positive Negative
1.Economic benefits to local economies
:
creates a lot of job opportunities to the local
peoples
the local communities can increase their
income as well as their living standard
increases
1.Increase in price :
price for the entrance ticket and the cost of
purchasing food at this museum has increased
 At year of 2008 is RM 8 for local but
increased to RM 14 nowadays
2. Contribution to government revenues
:
by paying certain taxes
2. Infrastructure cost :
maintenance and development of new
infrastructures are very costly

21. SOCIAL IMPACT
Positive Negative
1. Cross cultural exchange :
the local people can learn more about the tourist
cultures
 Can learn how to speak in the different languages
1.Overcrowding and loss of amenities for the
resident:
a lot of tourists around the world to visit this place
 Use the facilities inside the museum and the
surrounding area
2. Conservation of cultural heritage :
is happen because of the existence of the tourism
industry
 Conservation is also being made to attract
visitors
2.Social problem :
image portrayed by the tourists can give bad impact
to the local people
3.Cultural impact :
Tourist arrivals bring their own culture and lifestyle
into our country
Culture clash towards local people can be happen

23. ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
ANALYSIS
 Baba Nyonya have potential to increase in income and living standards of the local
people by creating new job opportunities (Economic)
increase the government revenue (Economic)
Local community will experience cross cultural exchange(Social)
X But too many tourist cause overcrowding and fewer amenities for the
resident(Social)
increasing environment awareness among the visitors (Environment)
concentrating on conservation of the Historic Site (Environment)
X Facing pollution, congestion problem and many competitions on accommodations
(Environment)
= Conclude that there are more positive impacts on Baba and Nyonya Museum
Guided well and always be observed by the responsible authority and the government
also must actively conserve the heritage sites in Malacca.

24. SYNTHESIS
 Existence of this museum has contributed in positive aspects
Preservation the special design of museum furniture
Instead of making a profit, the developers must not ignoring the
negative impact while build infrastructure or facilities around Museum.
= We believe from the overall analysis that tourism program must
proceed on this places because of many the positive impact and
controlled negative impact surrounding the places.

26. recommendation
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Specific road to the pedestrian, motorcycle and bicycle only to
reduce the impact of the noise
Provide a parking lot that have a strategic distance between the
museum and the parking to make sure that the polluted air from the
vehicles can be reduce at the museum area.
Charge a compatible price for the rent or the purchasing of the
land of the building
Strict the enforcement for not parking in front of the museum and
other attraction that make the road become narrow and difficult to
be used by other people.
Adding up more facilities such as chair or bench to tourist take a
rest.

27. SOCIAL IMPACT
Limit the number of group bring by one guide to increase the enjoyment of the
tour.
Put a list of rules and regulations such as take care about the manners in the main
hall & remind the tourists about their safety and their belongings before they start
their tour.
Make a compulsory for the staffs to wearing a baba & nyonya clothes such as baju
kebaya for all the staff & invite the generations of the baba & nyonya descendant to
guide a tour on the museum.
ECONOMY IMPACT
Provide equipment like headphone that contain the information the voice about the
baba & nyonya museum in various languages to be rent by the tourists.
Minimize the import item use in the building & use the local item and the expert
that they know in the country to cut the cost of the maintenance and infrastructure.
Recommendation con..

29. • Baba Nyonya Culture and Arts Troupe
→ A collaboration between Baba and Nyonya Museum
and Malacca Peranakan Association.
→ Comprising Baba and Nyonya dances, songs and
arts.
→ A theatrical performances; with beautiful Baba and
Nyonya traditional wedding as the main content of the
show.
Future plan and development

30. Future plan and development
CONT…
→ Details of the program:
Venue – The City of Malacca
Showtime – 2pm for every Monday to Thursday
(1 show per day)
– 2 pm & 8 pm for every Friday to Sunday
(2 shows per day)
Seating Capacity – 400 people

31. conclusion
• It is important to preserve our cultural heritage to show
our own national identity.
• To continuously well protected, preserved and conserved
for the next future generations.
• Malaysian people will be more interested and
appreciated about this special and unique culture of
Baba and Nyonya.

32. Baba nyonya museum model