Baba House, Peranakan heritage museum in Everton Park, Singapore.
Baba House is a three-story heritage terrace house in Everton Park, Singapore, now operating as a museum dedicated to Peranakan domestic life. The rooms are laid out much as they were when the Wee family lived there, with furniture, textiles, and personal objects still in place throughout the building.
The building was constructed in the 1890s and came into the Wee family through a relative active in the shipping trade in the early 1900s. It stayed in family hands for decades until it was handed over to the National University of Singapore, which restored and opened it to the public.
The house shows how a wealthy Peranakan family arranged and decorated their home, mixing Chinese, Malay, and European elements in everyday objects. The front reception room, with its carved wooden panels and hand-painted tiles, gives a clear sense of how guests were welcomed and social status was displayed.
Access is limited to guided tours only, so booking ahead is strongly advised before planning a visit. The house sits on a quiet residential street in Everton Park, within walking distance of Chinatown.
Unlike most house museums, Baba House was not furnished by collecting objects from different sources: nearly everything on display belonged to the Wee family and remained in the house over the years. This means the arrangement of rooms reflects how the family actually lived, rather than a reconstructed version of Peranakan life.
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