Villa Sentosa

Villa Sentosa is a traditional Malay stilt house in Kampung Morten on the banks of the Melaka River, near Melaka's UNESCO World Heritage district, operating as a private museum known as the 'Malay Living Museum'. Built in the 1920s by Tuan Haji Hashim bin Datuk Demang Abdul Ghani, one of the village's pioneers, the five-pavilion house around an open-air courtyard displays antique furniture, tableware, artefacts and vintage family photographs. Entry is free with donations invited, and it is still run by his descendants as a living residence-museum.