Classes & Workshops

  • Learn the process of batik and make your own creative patterns and designs at Rozana’s Batik. This workshop will demonstrate a step-by-step guide on batik-making under the guidance of a batik expert.

  • Joss stick is a type of incense fundamental to Chinese rituals, often burned as a form of offering and worship. The late Mr. Lee Beng Chuan was known as the world's oldest joss stick maker. Mr. Lee used to make joss sticks at his pre-war shophouse near the Goddess of Mercy Temple. His family has taken over his joss stick-making business now. A rewarding experience for heritage lovers.

  • Learn how to make these beaded shoes with Kenny Loh, a beaded shoe artisan. Kasut manik (beaded shoe) is highly valued as it is an integral part of the Peranakan culture and is hand sewn into delicate designs.

  • Rattans are widely used to make baskets and furniture. Learn to weave your own rattan goods with veteran rattan weaver Sim Buck Teik, a 'Living Heritage Treasure of Penang'. He is a second-generation rattan weaver who inherited his skills from his father in their home district of Teochew, China, before the family moved to Malaya.

  • Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School is the first of its kind in Penang. Equipped with individual, purpose-built workstations, this allows for a memorable hands-on cooking experience. Under the guidance of experienced and professional chefs, you can learn to cook various Malaysian cuisines.

  • Wayang kulit is a traditional form of puppet-shadow play with carved puppet figures as characters. To put up your own performance at home, this workshop will teach ways of creating your own shadow puppets.