Malay Technology Museum
The Malay Technology Museum is a museum in Kota Batu of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The museum's main objective is to present early Brunei's technical practices, which provide insight into the way of life of the country's inhabitants, who lived in both the water town and on dry ground.
Location
The Malay Technology Museum is located in Kota Batu, along Jalan Kota Batu, close to other important historical landmarks including the Tombs of Sultan Sharif Ali, the third sultan, and Sultan Bolkiah, the fifth sultan. Situated on the river delta and slopes of the Brunei River, the museum is a part of a complex of museums that also includes the Brunei Museum and the Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum.History
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah gave the Malay Technology Museum its formal opening on 29 February 1988. The Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies funded the museum's construction, which came at a cost of about B$7 million. Building took place on a area of land along the Brunei River at Kota Batu between 1985 and 1987.Exhibit and galleries
The museum's collection of artefacts offers a documentation of cultural tools that Bruneians previously often used, many of which are now antiquated. Three primary display halls of the museum are devoted to the subjects of inland traditional technology, water village traditional houses, and water village traditional technology.The ASEAN Youth Sculptures and an interactive area with classic games are also on display in the museum. Exhibited pieces include the General Hospital's front gate, which was first inaugurated on 7 September 1929. The gate has been kept as a historical monument even though the General Hospital was eventually replaced in 1984 by the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital.
The museum has three galleries: