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The Royal Regalia
Museum
As the name suggests, the Royal
Regalia Museum houses a collection
of royal memorabilia including the
royal chariot, ceremonial armoury, the
jewel-encrusted crowns used during
His Majesty’s coronation and a replica
of the throne used by the Sultan on
state occasions. It also houses several
galleries, namely the Royal Regalia
Exhibition, the Royal Exhibition Gallery,
the Perpuspaan Gallery, the Silver
Jubilee Gallery and the Constitutional
History Gallery. The museum was
officially declared an ASEAN Landmark
in 2017.
Opening hours:
Sat to Thurs: 9am – 5pm
Fri: Closed
Malay Technology
Museum
Located in Kota Batu, the Malay
Technology Museum is known to
display traditional activities such as
handicraft, fishing and other traditional
hunting techniques, cloth weaving, boat
construction, sago production and stilt
architecture. These activities illustrate
the traditional lifestyle and practices
of the country’s Malay and indigenous
ethnic groups. The displays are allocated
across three different galleries. The first
gallery exhibits the traditional houses in
Kampong Ayer as inhabited by Malays.
The secondgallery showcases traditional
technology as used in Kampong Ayer,
while the third gallery focusses on the
technologies and crafts of indigenous
ethnic groups such as Dusun, Murut and
Kedayan of the inland villages.
Opening hours:
Sat to Thurs: 9am – 5pm
Fri: Closed
Brunei Museum
TheBruneiMuseumisBruneiDarussalam’s
national museum. Located in Kota Batu
and completed in 1970, the museum
was officially opened on February 29,
1972 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
of the United Kingdom. The museum
showcases not only Brunei’s history but
also Southeast Asian history, dating back
to the 1500s during Spain and Portugal’s
arrival, in addition to an Islamic art gallery
and a natural history gallery.
The museum features archaeological
artefacts including ceramics from Iran
and Central Asia, blown glass pieces
from Egypt and the Levant dating all the
way back to the ninth and 10th centuries.
Also on display are manuscripts of
Al-Quran and jewellery and Chinese
ceramics recovered from Brunei waters.
The Brunei Museum is currently
closed for refurbishment.
Museums and Cultural Sites