The Green Mansion

The Green Mansion is a four in one museum:

1. Pinang Peranakan Mansion
2. The Straits Chinese Jewelry Museum
3. The Chung Keng Kwee Ancestral Temple
4. The Nyonya Kitchen

ADDRESS 29 Church Street
10200 Penang

VISITING HOURS
Daily
9-30 am - 5 pm
No guided tour
Admission $20/-
Birthdays, lunches, dinners, weddings, anniversaries, seminar, product launches etc
Managed by Pinang Peranakan Mansion Sdn Bhd (owned by Mr Peter Soon)

This century old stately mansion showcases the typical home of a rich Baba although its original owner wasn't one. It incorporates Chinese carved wood panels with English floor tiles and Scottish iron works.  Built at the end of the 19th century by Kapitan Cina Chung Keng Kwee, the mansion was originally named "Hai Kee Chan" (Sea Remembrance Store) and was once his residence and office.

Today it's just called "The Green Mansion."

Its awkward, really. That guy on the left (picture above - the one with the yellow Chinese costume) gave us a guided tour. It's strange to hear him tell you all things Peranakan and Chinese when he spoke like a foreigner.

He is also quite the authority on the saucy intricacies behind closed bedroom doors and was eager to show us an ancient "contraption" which served this purpose. My Ma would have turned in her grave if she heard half the yarn he spun.

The mansion was used as a movie set for the following movies:

1. The Little Nyonya
2. Road to Dawn
3. Age of Flory II
4. The Iron Lady
5. Lust, Caution