Beauty Museum

Beauty Museum
Muzium Kecantikan

General information
Type	Museum
Location	Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia
Opening	1996

Beauty Museum exhibition hall

The Beauty Museum or Museum of Enduring Beauty (Malay: Muzium Kecantikan) is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia.^[1]^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] The museum building receives around 2,000 visitors every month.^[8]^[9]

History

The museum building was originally constructed in the 1960s, believed to be built on top of the ruins of Dutch building. It was initially used as the Malacca Historical City Municipal Council building. In 1996, the museum was opened.^[1] The museum was closed for public from September 2011 to August 2012 for upgrading work.^[10]

Architecture

The museum is located at the top floor of the building. The building also houses the People's Museum and Kite Museum at the ground and the upper floor respectively.

Exhibitions

The museum exhibits the standard of beauty since ancient until modern times. It also displays different concepts of beauty as practiced by different cultures. Among those different beauty concepts are skin tattooing, lip stretching by round discs insertion, tooth feeling, sacrification, head molding into oval shapes and feet growth restricting.^[1]^[11]

Opening time

The museum opens everyday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.^[12]

References

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Museums of Malaysia

West Malaysia

Arts	Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum Batik Painting Museum Penang Cheng Ho Cultural Museum Islamic Arts Museum Kite Museum Macau Gallery Malacca Malacca Art Gallery Malacca Islamic Museum Malacca Literature Museum Malacca Stamp Museum National Textile Museum National Visual Arts Gallery Penang Islamic Museum Penang Museum and Art Gallery Petronas Gallery Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum Sultan Alam Shah Museum Wei-Ling Gallery

Historic house	Governor's Museum Istana Ampang Tinggi Istana Negara Istana Seri Menanti Kota Ngah Ibrahim Malaysia Architecture Museum Malaysia Youth Museum Perak State Museum People's Museum Proclamation of Independence Memorial Stadthuys Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang Tun Ghafar Baba Museum

History	Beauty Museum Chitty Museum Education Museum Gallery of Admiral Cheng Ho Malacca Al-Quran Museum Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum Malacca Transportation Museum Malay and Islamic World Museum Maybank Numismatic Museum National History Museum National Museum Orang Asli Museum Pulau Besar Museum Royal Malaysian Police Museum Time Tunnel

Maritime	Maritime Museum Flor de la Mar Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum Royal Malaysian Navy Museum Submarine Museum

Science	Al-Khawarizmi Astronomy Complex Malacca Planetarium National Science Centre Planetarium Negara

Other	Democratic Government Museum Malacca UMNO Museum Museum of Custom and Tradition Toy Museum

East Malaysia

Arts	Kuching Cat Museum Sabah Museum

Historic house	Fort Sylvia Sarawak State Museum The Astana

Maritime	Labuan Maritime Museum

Science	Planetarium Sultan Iskandar

Coordinates: 2°11′30.1″N 102°14′57.2″E / 2.191694°N 102.249222°E / 2.191694; 102.249222

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