Straits & Oriental Museum, Penang

Straits & Oriental Museum, Gurney Paragon, Penang (1 December 2022)


The Straits & Oriental Museum (GPS: 5.43592, 100.31129) is a private museum in Pulau Tikus, Penang. The museum which opened to the public in October 2022 occupies the third floor of St Joseph's Novitiate Building at Gurney Paragon Mall.

The Straits & Oriental Museum showcases porcelain, ceramics and other earthern wares of Oriental origin. The museum takes visitors on a journey through history, to understand the development of ceramics from its most primitive form right through ancient times and into more recent past. The carefully curated collection of Straits & Oriental Museum is divided into three halls. Hall 1 showcases glazed Chinese ceramics comprising monochrome and polyshrome pieces.

Hall 2 showcases classic and contemporary export porcelain that had so captivated Europeans ever since these items found their way to Europe through Portuguese trading vessels. Much of the Chinese porcelain headed for Europe passes through the Straits of Malacca. Due to poor weather, piracy and warfare, some of the trading ships sank off the coast of the Malay peninsular, and in Hall 3, we look at ceramics salvaged from shipwrecks.

Contact

Straits & Oriental Museum
163C-3-1, St Jo's
Gurney Paragon Mall,
10250 Gurney Drive, Penang.

Phone: +6011-722 7007
Email: info@somuseum.asia
Website: www.somuseum.asia
Facebook: straitsandorientalmuseum

Opening Hours

10:00am to 7:00pm (last entry at 6:15pm)

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Glazed Chinese ceramics in Hall 1 of Straits & Oriental Museum. (1 December 2022)


Kraak porcelain vases at Straits & Oriental Museum. (1 December 2022)


Kamcheng and other Nyonya porcelain wares at Straits & Oriental Museum. (1 December 2022)


Jars salvaged from shipwrecks at Straits & Oriental Museum. (1 December 2022)

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