Malay Technology Museum, Traditional technology museum in Kampong Kota Batu, Brunei.
The Malay Technology Museum stands at Kota Batu on the Brunei River, beside the Brunei Museum and near the tombs of Sultans Sharif Ali and Bolkiah. Its three halls hold six model water-village houses built from daun apong, kajang and bamboo, water-village crafts such as weaving and boat building, and inland tools for making ambulong, tapa garut and gulanau.
The museum was founded in 1988 and has since shaped understanding of traditional technologies in Brunei. It was built to document and preserve the craft practices and technological knowledge of earlier generations.
The exhibitions show traditional tools and craft techniques that reflect the daily life of different ethnic groups in Brunei. Visitors can see how people once lived and worked through objects and demonstrations that explain these ways of life.
The museum stands along Jalan Kota Batu at Kota Batu, beside the Brunei Museum and near the tombs of Sultan Sharif Ali and Sultan Bolkiah, on the slopes above the Brunei River. Its three halls are visited in sequence, starting with the water village house gallery. The site covers 15 hectares, so allow time to walk between the buildings of the museum complex.
The museum displays the front gate of the General Hospital, first inaugurated on 7 September 1929. It was kept as a historical monument after the hospital was replaced in 1984 by the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital.
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