The Baba and Nyonya Heritage Museum is a private museum run by descendants of a Straits-Chinese family that had once lived in the building on Heeren Street. The traditional mid-19th century house exhibits the heritage and culture of Straits-Chinese (or Peranakans) who are descendants of Chinese traders settled down in Penang, Malacca and Singapore in the 19th century and early 20th century, many of whom had adopted much of the Malay culture into theirs. The Peranakan men and women are known as Baba and Nyonya respectively.