Maritime Museum, Maritime museum in Central Malacca, Malaysia.

The Maritime Museum is a complex in Malacca City with two parts: a 34-metre-high, 36-metre-long, 8-metre-wide replica of the Portuguese ship Flor de la Mar, and a second section in the old Guthrie warehouse next to it. The replica houses multi-level exhibits on maritime trade and the colonial powers that controlled the port.

The museum opened in two phases: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad inaugurated the first, built around the Flor de la Mar replica, on 13 June 1994. The second phase opened on 23 May 1998 in the old Guthrie warehouse, inaugurated by state committee chairman Poh Ah Tiam. Its exhibits trace Malacca's trade links from the sultanate era through Portuguese, Dutch, British and Japanese rule to independence.

The replica represents the Flor do Mar, a Portuguese ship lost in 1511 with a cargo that included the personal fortune of Afonso de Albuquerque. The museum's Malay name, Muzium Samudera, means Ocean Museum, and its exhibits trace Malacca's role as a trading port under the sultanate and later Portuguese, Dutch, British and Japanese rule.

You enter through the ship replica and can move through its multiple decks at your own pace. Wearing comfortable shoes is a good idea since there are stairs between the different levels.

The building itself functions as a working ship model showing how sailors actually lived and worked on these vessels. The upper decks reveal how cramped and functional their living spaces were during long voyages.