The Orang Utan House

The Orang Utan House was opened in 1992. It is a private studio and art gallery that belongs to a local artist named Charles Cham. This gallery features the painters’ drawings and also sells souvenir items such as T-shirts.

From the outside, the visitor can see a big Orangutan painting at the building’s wall. The painting is so eye catching that it would peak anyone’s interest to enter the gallery to see more masterpieces produced by the artist.

Charles Cham is a renowned painter who has exhibited his paintings in several countries such as Portugal, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong. His paintings have a primitive concept with colorful design. He also designs t-shirt with the theme of Chinese astrological animals.

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Operating Hours

Daily: 10.00 a.m – 6.00 p.m

Admission

There’s no entrance fee. Everyone is welcomed to come in, however taking photo inside the premise is not allowed.

Location

59, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

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Hear From Others

Unmissable on the streets of Melaka is the Orangutan House. Being the only establishment in the very centre of the protected streets of Melaka to be painted completely down one side, most people tend to grab a photograph and continue their walk.

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Glance around the immediate surroundings of Cham’s creative space, and one will see a ruined fort, a Dutch-built church and brightly painted Chinese shops. Also in close proximityis the immediately recognisable old Chinese clan house that Cham had gutted, painted in his signature bright colours and opened as his gallery, the Orangutan House, in the early 1990’s. It is perhaps here where one can best appreciate that Cham doesn’t exactly ‘do’ the safe chocolate-box art favoured by so many of his creative compatriots.

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Owned by an artist who created all the original pieces himself, Orangutan house is the place to check out local Melaka-themed T-shirts.

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