The Malaysian Architecture Museum was established in 2004. Its main objective is to showcase the uniqueness and diversity of architectural heritage in Malaysia as well as to handle and provide basic information on the history and development of architecture found in this country. More interestingly, this building, which is a museum, is also a Dutch colonial architectural heritage building around the 1700s.

The building used as a museum is a building built in the mid-18th century by the Dutch government to house its officers. It was later used as an administrative office during the British administration. Prior to being taken over by the Malaysian Museum Department to be used as a museum in 2000, this building has been used as the administrative office of the Melaka Water Board since 1982.

The exhibition and storyline of this museum are processed and arranged according to certain segments to facilitate the understanding of visitors. The concept of the presentation includes graphic panels, mulitimedia presentation and demonstration of artifact collection as well as three-dimensional models of selected buildings from all over the country.

Malaysia Architecture Museum exhibits various interesting collection such as Carved Wall Panel from Kelantan, Model of Terengganu Traditional House, Melaka Chinese Shop House, Door Carved with floral motif and calligraphy, 19th century saw and the Malaysian Timber Species sample.

There are 7 Gallery namely Gallery A – Introduction, Gallery B – History and Development of Architecture and Belief, Gallery D – Typology of Architecture in Malaysia, Gallery E – Carving and Motif, Gallery F – Equipment and Technology and Gallery G – Materials in Architecture.

This Malaysian Architecture Museum, which is placed under the management of the Malaysian Museum Department, is the only such museum that is expected to provide a little insight into the uniqueness, privilege and high quality of architectural heritage found in Malaysia to the general public.