This museum is housed in a building constructed by the British in 1929. Exhibits are largely about the Pahang royal family, with other displays featuring weapons, pottery (including Chinese porcelain and Arab ceramics unearthed on Pulau Tioman) and exhibits on wildlife in Pahang. There's a jet, an armoured personnel carrier and a helicopter parked on the grass outside.
Museum Sultan Abu Bakar
Pahang & Tioman Island
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This museum's collection is housed in an attractive colonial-era building just north of the Padang. The museum focuses on the state's culture, history and…
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This abandoned and much forlorn (there's a tree growing from its roof) two-storey wood and stone palace was built in 1935. With unusual twin yellow…
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One of Malaysia's historic polo clubs, this huge and verdant polo field is located next to Istana Abu Bakar; if you've a car, it's well worth driving…
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This long beach is a lovely place to catch the sunrise and watch large crabs scuttling at high speed over the sands in the twilight. There are several…
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The east coast’s most impressive and imposing mosque presides regally over the Padang. At night it’s a magical sight with its illuminated spires and…
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This magnificently restored, snow-white mosque dates to 1929 and is fronted by a photogenic rectangle of water. The museum housed within contains an…
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This place just over the bridge displays traditional Malaysian watercraft – look out for the fabulously carved craft with the head of a mythical beast.
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The grandiose and imposing sultan’s palace is set on vast grounds of cow grass.
Nearby Pahang & Tioman Island attractions
1. Sultan Abdullah Mosque Museum
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This magnificently restored, snow-white mosque dates to 1929 and is fronted by a photogenic rectangle of water. The museum housed within contains an…
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Behind Sultan Abdullah Mosque stands this old tower fashioned from wood and stone.
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Abu Bakar Mosque is crowned with gold domes. Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter.
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The caretaker of this Chinese temple will politely inform you that, although the temple itself is not old, the statue within it is over 1,000 years old.
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This abandoned and much forlorn (there's a tree growing from its roof) two-storey wood and stone palace was built in 1935. With unusual twin yellow…
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This historic wood and stone palace dates to 1920 and is painted blue.
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The focus of Pekan’s palm-lined royal quarter is the Regent of Pahang’s palace.