Malaysia Prison Museum — Attraction in Malacca

RM6 for adult foreigners. There are so many exhibition rooms but most are filled with texts and pictures not exhibits. Too informative in a way that lacks story-telling and museum experience.

That said, the visit was still meaningful as the real prison rooms and special exhibits were giving quite some impacts.

The museum closes at 5 however on 16:48 they started to close the lights and gates. Ticket counter operates until 16:30. Imagine someone buys the last-minute ticket thinking they have half an hour but seeing lights close after 18 minutes. 40% of their visit time would be stolen in that case. I came early so it's not about me, it's about the right of any visitor.

Malay staff: "close, close" Me: "You close at 5" Malay staff: (nearly yelling) "YES!" Me: (point to the watch) "Not now" Malay staff: (not saying anything, turned his back on me, continue to switch off lights)

I had to walk out from the dark. When a manager told me about closing, an angry me confronted him about my right to visit until 5 and he agreed to turn the lights on again. The original Malay staff, however turned his back to me saying nothing and fleeted into staff area while asked to turn on the remaining lights when I caught him again.

Since they're most probably intellectually challenged to understand that "the museum closes at 5" means "visitors can visit until 5" instead of "staff can prepare before 5 so they can get the f**k off their duty exactly at 5", I wish them rehabilitated from the crimes of stealing visiting time of visitors in order to dishonestly shorten their time of duty, or good luck turning off lights in the prison (museum) for the rest of...

This is a must visit museum in your must visit places in Malaysia. It is informative and unique. It is 16 minutes drive away from Jonker Street and 30 minutes if you walk. You get to experience life in prison and it is fascinating (to learn). No maps are provided so do your own exploration or follow the arrow. The place is small but each section is pack with many information. The first floor has old era devices use by policeman, awards and recognition given to policeman, activities participated and creative artwork created by prisoners and many more. On the second floor, you can see many types of death sentence, whipping punishment, color coded shirts, ranks of different policeman, and many more. I believe they have remove one section where they display replica use in death sentence (e.g. guillotine) , perhaps for safety reasons (or I just miss them). Once in a while, you can watch the "prisoners" staring at you. Due to the low volume of people who visit the museum, it can get quite scary going alone. Overall, the museum is great but can be better in certain aspects. For example, the info on the prison establishment do not need to be lengthy. The management needs to remove the grafitti from the real drawings. Create a guided tour twice a day. Make the objects interactive via screen, videos and audio logs. QR code is useless, cannot even search. Nevertheless, it is certainly worth your time coming here. You can easily spend around 2 hours if you examine and read the...

This may not be as popular as other tourist attractions at Malacca, but I feel this place is really worth visiting. It is very educational, and you will get a glimpse of how prison would look like, as this place was previously a real prison , which has been converted into a museum. During the tour, you may imagine how life would be for a prisoner. The highlights of the tour are the video showing the caning execution and the hanging chamber for prisoners on death row. It is a little scary thinking how many have died there. But the museum is brightly lit, and you would not feel so scary after all. There are many display such as info graphics, replicas giving you detail explanation. You would also get to see the prison cell, and even can go in there. I feel this place is ok for children to visit but certain areas like videos showing caning, hanging chamber and types of punishments are not suitable. Otherwise, it is good to teach children about prison, the role of prison. There are toilet facilities in the prison enclosure. Certain area are air-conditioned. But it is not disabled friendly. Parking is limited, just along the roadside at the neighborhood. I would advised to come here by Grab or Taxi. Entrance fees RM3 (adult), RM1 (children 7 to 12 years),...