Museum sights in Bandar Seri Begawan
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Malay Technology Museum
Descend the stairs from the car park behind the Brunei Museum, then turn right to reach the Malay Technology Museum. A pair of rooms here have interesting life-sized recreations of stilt houses with accompanying information on traditional cultures. Gallery 1 features water villages and includes reconstructions of how kampung (village) architecture has evolved over the last 150 years. Gallery 2 has exhibits of handicrafts and fishing techniques practised by the people of the water villages. Gallery 3 shows the tools and techniques used by the indigenous tribes of the interior for food gathering, agriculture and hunting.
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Brunei Museum
Sitting on a bluff overlooking Sungai Brunei, the Brunei Museum is 4.5km east of central BSB. The main building contains the excellent Islamic Art Gallery, which has some wonderful illuminated (decorated) copies of the Quran, as well as an incredible model of the Dome of the Rock, executed in mother of pearl and abalone shell.
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Oil and Gas Gallery
In the Brunei Museum, the Oil and Gas Gallery is surprisingly interesting. It answers all your questions about how they get the stuff from under the ground to your nearest gas pump.
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Royal Regalia Museum
A celebration of the sultan and all the trappings of Bruneian royalty, the Royal Regalia Museum belongs at the top of any Brunei itinerary. The 1st floor is dominated by a recreation of the sultan’s coronation day parade, including a huge gilded royal cart, on which the newly crowned sultan was pulled through the streets of BSB.
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Brunei Traditional Culture Gallery
Don't miss the Brunei Traditional Culture Gallery, in the main building of the Brunei Museum. It's got good exhibits on all aspects of Bruneian culture, including a picture of two young fellows enjoying a spot of grass sledding - a sport we didn't know existed until we visited this museum.
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