The Historical City Of Malacca

Welcome to Malacca World Heritage City. On this site you
will find comprehensive listing with information on almost
every aspect of visiting and living in Malacca.

Malacca Tourism
· Chinese temples
  · Cheng Hoon Teng Temple
· Hindu temples
  · Comming soon
· Churches
  · Christ Church
  · St. Francis Xavier's Church
  · St. Paul's church
· Mosques
  · Comming soon
· Museums
  · Cheng Ho Cultural Museum
  · Governor's Museum
  · Malaysia Youth Museum
  · Maritime Museum
  · Melaka Islamic Museum
  · Melaka Umno Museum
  · Museum of Architecture
  · Museum of History and Ethnography
· Heritage Sites
  · 8 Heeren Street
  · Bastion House
  · Dutch Graveyard
  · Dutch Square
  · Fortaleza de Malaca
  · Hang Jebat Mausoleum
  · Malacca River
  · Porta de Santiago
  · Proclamation of Independence Memorial
  · Stadthuys
  · St. Paul's Church
  · Tan Kim Seng Bridge
· Malacca clan associations
  · Eng Choon Association
  · Melaka Hainan Association
· Street names
  · Blacksmith Street / Jalan Tukang Besi
  · Church Street / Jalan Gereja
  · Fort Road / Jalan Kota
  · Jonker Street / Jalan Hang Jebat
  · Jonker Walk (Night Market)
  · Riverside / Jalan Laksamana
  · Temple Street / Jalan Tokong

8 Heeren Street

8 Heeren Street is a two-storey building that was originally built in the 18th century, and was restored by local heritage body, Badan Warisan Malaysia, as a showcase of how a building of that period look like. 8 Heeren Street is one of the few remaining examples of what a typical early shophouse or residential abode of Malacca between the mid 17th to the late 19th century. As no other town in Malaysia is as old to showcase anything similar, 8 Heeren Street represents something that is unique to Malacca. Also, only at Malacca can we get to see design of houses that developed from a preceding Portuguese style.

By studying the style of shophouses in Malacca, we get a better idea of how its streetscape evolved. At 8 Heeren Street, we see the use of more permanent material replacing the less durable ones such as timber and thatch. It also shows that buildings of that period had to follow planning regulations put in place by the Dutch administration, which dictated the type of material to be used. Even at the time that 8 Heeren Street was built, in the 1700's, there was already guidelines in place: foundations, party walls, fenestrations and even the size of the bricks all have to follow strictly controlled standards.

As we explore 8 Heeren Street, which is open to the public, we can see that it served not only as a shop, but also home, stable and animal yard, all at the same time. Like a snapshot, 8 Heeren Street therefore enables visitors to glimpse into the social environment of its period. The conservation of 8 Heeren Street is an example of the effort taken to stem the demise and loss of such historical structures in Malacca's heritage.

Opening Hours:

11:00am to 4:00pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Admission free.

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We recommend the following site(s):
· The Dutch in Malaysia: Dutchmalaysia.net
· Malacca on Wikipedia: Wikipedia.org