世德堂謝公司 Cheah Kongsi Temple

If you don’t have anything to do in Georgetown, this is also a OK la to see place. Architecture is this building is nice and the rest is like nothing special… RM12 is way to expensive.

If you are really free and nothing to do then you can pay a visit. We are attracted by the building outer, it looks very nice. But inside of the building dont have much information or details to visit. This is different like the nyonya house. Entrance ticket RM12 is not worth it.

Beautiful building but the clan house itself could do with more information / better organisation. There isn’t much inside so you mainly go to admire the architecture. We did the clan house first and then realised there is a small dedicated museum across the grassy courtyard which gives some important context about the Cheah Clan. I would recommend doing the small museum first, and then the clan house itself.

Very poorly preserved and presented, with no clear explanations. It had an eerie bad vibes that I was not comfortable with. I understand they need funds to maintain the place, but either improve the quality of display or it should be 5 RM max for what is currently on display. I’m all for preserving traditions but I can’t recommend this.

Interesting Cheah Kongsi Clan from China built in era 1850s.

You need to buy a ticket to visit here. The door into the yard from the street is small and easy to miss accidentally. There is a large courtyard inside, and the security guard is also responsible for selling tickets. The ancestral hall itself is very large and beautiful, with two floors, but it is basically vacant and unused. Some rooms are used to store old things, and the vitality of the past is no longer felt. It doesn’t take long to visit from downstairs to upstairs. There is another two-story building in the courtyard, which displays the family's history after leaving China. Overall, the architecture is beautiful, but the contents inside are dull and crude in comparison.

Very nicely done. Small museum, but it gives a nice impression on chinese history in penang. The building itself is also more than worthwhile. Entrance in armenian street. 10 rm pp. You get some old fashioned tickets. A nice green part in front where you can relax a little in the sun if it is nog to hot

Despite paying a small entrance fee, you'd expect it to be a little more up kept. Some "rooms" just have a clutter of furniture on the side and it's mentioned there "how it's supposed to look back in the day". A little disappointing but the mural on the outside looked good and the temple on the 2nd floor was nice and clean