Beauty Museum or Museum of Enduring Beauty (Malay: Muzium Kecantikan) is a museum about beauty standards and concepts in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which was opened in 1996.[1] It occupies the top floor of the former Historical City Municipal Council building, originally constructed in the 1960s and believed to be built on top of the ruins of Dutch building,[2][3] which also houses the People's Museum and Kite Museum at the ground and the upper floor respectively.[4][5][6][7]
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| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia |
| Coordinates | 2°11′30.1″N 102°14′57.2″E / 2.191694°N 102.249222°E |
| Type | museum |
| Visitors | 2,000 per month |
| Nearest car park | No |
The museum exhibits the standard of beauty since ancient until modern times and different concepts of beauty as practiced by different cultures. Among those different beauty concepts are skin tattooing, lip stretching by round discs insertion, tooth filing, scarification, head molding into oval shapes and feet growth restricting.[2][8] It opens everyday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.[9][10]
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- ^ a b "Virtual Museum Melaka". virtualmuseummelaka.com.
- ^ shf (21 May 2015). "Museum Ini Punya Bukti Bahwa Cantik Itu Menyakitkan". detikTravel.
- ^ Nezzbag. "Museum Ini Punya Bukti Bahwa Cantik Itu Menyakitkan". Nezzbag. News Update. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.
- ^ "PERZIM - Museum of Enduring Beauty". PERZIM. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
- ^ "Enduring Beauty Museum Melaka | Visit Malaysia | Discover Malaysia | Travel to Malaysia | Destination to Malaysia | Places of Interest in Malaysia | Tourism Places in Malaysia". Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Faela Shafa. "Belajar Cantik di Museum of Enduring Beauty". detikTravel.
- ^ "A visit to the Museum of Enduring Beauty, Malacca, Malaysia - Expatior.com". expatior.com.
- ^ "PERZIM - Harga Tiket". PERZIM. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "15 of the world's weirdest museums". Time Out. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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