Camera Museum, Photography museum in George Town, Malaysia

The Camera Museum occupies a two-storey shophouse with 325 m2 of floor space, divided into a Dark Room, an Obscura Room and a Pinhole Room, and also holds a cafe and a souvenir shop. It displays up to 1,000 vintage cameras and accessories.

The Camera Museum began operating on 31 August 2013 and was officially opened on 9 October 2013 by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. It occupies a two-story shophouse with 325 m2 of floor space. The sources do not mention an earlier portrait studio on the site.

The museum's name appears in Malay as Muzium Kamera and in Tamil as நிழற்படக் கருவி அருங்காட்சியகம். Its rooms are named for photographic principles: the Dark Room, the Obscura Room and the Pinhole Room. A cafe and souvenir shop occupy part of the 325 m2 shophouse, and exhibition and festival events are held every month.

The museum occupies a two-storey shophouse with 325 m2 of floor space, divided into a Dark Room, an Obscura Room and a Pinhole Room; a cafe and souvenir shop are also inside. It holds exhibition and festival events every month, so check the programme before visiting if you want to catch one.

Visitors can experiment with interactive exhibits including a pinhole camera room that lets them experience traditional photography techniques firsthand. This hands-on experience reveals how photography works at its most fundamental level.