Maritime Museum Phase One

Located at Jalan Quayside, near the Melaka River estuary, Maritime Museum Phase One (Muzium Samudera Fasa Satu) is also known as the ship museum or ‘Flor de La Mar’.

The Maritime Museum Phase One itself is a life-sized replica of the ‘Flor de La Mar’, a flagship of the famous Portuguese conqueror, Alfonso d’ Albuquerque. The Portuguese ship sank off the coast of Malacca while on its way back to Portugal, carrying loot plundered from Malacca.  To date, Flor de La Mar is regarded as one of the richest sunken treasure that yet to be found.

The replica ship is 34 metres high, 36 metres long and 8 metres wide. Work on the replica started in early 1990 and it was opened to the public in 1994. The Maritime Museum Phase One was officiated by our former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.

Maritime Museum Phase One houses exhibits, artifacts and documents from the Melaka’s golden era as the Emporium of the East and reveals how political control of Melaka was essential to the establishment of maritime dominance in the region. The museum highlights Melaka’s importance as a regional and international business centre from the period of the Melaka Sultanate, right through the Portuguese, Dutch, British and a brief Japanese colonial era.

Location

Address: Jalan Quayside, 75000 Melaka.
GPS Coordinate: 2.191999N, 102.246591E

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Operation Hour

Open daily from 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.

Admission Fee

Adults – RM 3.00
Child / Students – RM 1.00

The above tickets enables admission into the Maritime Museum Complex. The ‘Flor de la Mar’ replica ship (also known as the Maritime Museum Phase One), Maritime Museum Phase Two and the Royal Malaysian Navy Museum made up of these museum complexes.

Contact Details

Perbadanan Muzium Melaka (PERZIM)
Kompleks Warisan Melaka
Jalan Kota, 75000
Melaka
Tel: 06-2826526/2811289
Fax: 06-2826745
Email: admin@perzim.gov.my

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