Muzium Islam Pulau Pinang

The Penang Islamic Museum (Muzium Islam Pulau Pinang) is a museum about Islam in George Town, Penang, housed in a restored mid-19th-century Straits-style villa built in 1860 that was once the residence of a powerful Acehnese pepper merchant and later used as a recycling depot; a 1996 restoration won a Best Project award in 1999. Exhibits cover the roles of Malay leaders in spreading Islam in Penang and Malaysia, 19th-century furniture, and a life-sized dock-scene diorama depicting the maritime hajj.