Bulungan Sultanate Museum, History museum in Tanjung Palas Tengah, Indonesia
The Bulungan Sultanate Museum is a history museum in Tanjung Palas Tengah that houses royal objects from the sultanate period. The collections include personal furniture, bedding, clothing, and documentary photographs spanning several centuries.
The Bulungan Sultanate was founded in the 16th century and flourished from about 1771 to 1938, when it controlled Bulungan, Tana Tidung, Malinau, Nunukan, Tarakan and parts of Sabah. Its palace burned in the 1964 Bultiken tragedy, in which the crown prince Datu Mukemat disappeared. The Bulungan Regency government rebuilt the palace in 1998 as this museum.
The museum displays items that reflect how people in this region lived and made things by hand. Visitors can observe traditional clothing, furniture, and household objects that show daily practices from that era.
The museum is easy to navigate and visitors can move through the exhibition halls at their own pace. It helps to check opening hours before your visit to ensure access during the time you plan to arrive.
The cannons in the museum courtyard were gifts from the Dutch Kingdom, reflecting the special ties between the Bulungan Sultanate and the Netherlands. A photograph in the collection shows Sultan Maulana Moehamad Djalaludin's coronation attended by Dutch representatives, and another records his attendance at Queen Juliana's wedding.
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