ABORIGINES MUSEUM

The Aborigines Museum is situated near the Crocodile Park at Ayer Keroh, Melaka.  This museum was launched to the public on the 3^rd February of 1997.  Its main specialization is on the Senoi, Jah Huat and Mah Meri tribes’ daily appliances and materials. 

There are more than 5 galleries in this museum and among the themes exhibited are the likes of the aborigines fishing method, their agricultural tools, their interior house design and their weaponry.  The main attractions of this museum among others are the house utensils, hunting equipments and the ‘Sewang’ ceremony.  This is the perfect museum to showcase the Aborigines beliefs and their way of life that harbors thousands mysteries. 

Initially, the Aborigines Museum was situated within the Ayer Keroh Recreational Jungle under the care of the Forestry Department.  On December 1996, the museum was relocated to the area where it is today under the care of PERZIM (Melaka Museum Corporation) in order to reach out to more visitors.  This present museum’s architecture was adapted from the common Aborigines house in Malaysia.  

The Aborigines Museum objectives:

• To exhibit the Aborigines heritage and its socio-cultural society with particular attention on Melaka’s Aborigines.
• To showcase their way of life alongside the tools and appliances employed by them in going through their daily life.  
• To upkeep and safeguard the cultural and ancestral heritage of the Aborigines from becoming extinct.