George Town Interpretative Centre

George Town Interpretative Centre (11 July 2014)


George Town Interpretative Centre, or rather the GTWHI Interpretative Centre, is a centre that provides an interpretation of the history, culture and heritage trades within the George Town World Heritage Site.

Opened on 25 June, 2014, it occupies a shoplot at the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel overlooking the office of George Town World Heritage Incorporated. The centre has a series of boards showing the different period styles of George Town townhouses (or "shophouses", a blanket term often applied to both residential and mixed properties). These along with roof tiles and other masonry specimens, were relocated from the GTWHI office across the road.

The centrepiece of the George Town Interpretative Centre is a 3-dimensional model of Inner George Town showing the areas that have been designated the core zone of the World Heritage Site, and the buffer zone surrounding it. According to GTWHI, the model was created in 2011 but they were only now able to put it on display.

Map of George Town World Heritage Site (22 February 2014)

Features of the George Town Interpretative Centre

Getting there

See information for going to the Armenian Street Heritage Hotel.