Beauty Museum, Cultural heritage museum in Malacca, Malaysia.
The Beauty Museum is a specialty museum in Malacca located on the third floor of the People's Museum building. It displays tools, objects, and methods of body beautification from different regions around the world.
The museum was founded in 1996 and occupies a building from the 1960s. The site stands on the ground of a former Dutch colonial structure.
The museum displays body modification practices such as tattooing, lip stretching, and tooth filing that served as beauty ideals across different cultures. Visitors see here how various societies expressed their notions of beauty through the human body.
The visit is possible on most days during daytime hours, with admission being very affordable. The museum is centrally located and easy to reach on foot while exploring Malacca's historic streets.
The museum examines beauty practices that are rarely performed today, such as foot binding or lip stretching. These displays help visitors understand how dramatically global beauty standards have shifted over time.
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