Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum, Customs museum in Malacca, Malaysia

The Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum occupies a former warehouse building that displays objects, equipment, and documents related to customs control history. The collection spans different historical periods and shows the development of trade practices and border monitoring activities over time.

The building dates to the 1890s during British colonial rule and first served as a warehouse for imported goods like rice, sugar, and textiles. It was later converted into customs offices and has since documented the evolution of border control under different administrations.

The museum is housed in a warehouse built in the early 1890s under British rule to hold imported and export goods. Its customs role ended in 2001, when import and export activity moved to the ports of Kuala Linggi and Sungai Rambai. Part of the building held the Malacca State Customs Department office from the 1950s until 2003, when Wisma Kastam was completed. It opened as a museum on 25 August 2006, inaugurated by Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam.

The museum is located next to the Flor De La Mar replica and is open to visitors daily with free admission. Allow time to explore the different exhibition areas, and note that some collection items cover specific topics like contraband goods and smuggling.

The collection includes seized items such as opium paraphernalia, illegal firearms, and protected wildlife products from different smuggling cases. These exhibits show the creative concealment methods smugglers used over the decades to move contraband through Malacca's port.