Belau National Museum, National heritage museum in Koror, Palau.
The Belau National Museum is a cultural institution in Koror that displays more than 1000 artifacts from across the Palauan islands. The collection includes traditional art, tools, weapons, and documents that illustrate how island communities lived and developed.
The institution was founded in 1955 as the Palau Museum and moved to a two-story building within the Palau Botanical Garden in 1970. The relocation allowed the growing collection to be better preserved and made it more accessible to the public.
The museum displays traditional Palauan art, bead currency, and objects connected to local rituals like the house-buying ceremony called ocheraol. Visitors encounter items that played roles in daily life and community celebrations.
The museum is located within the Palau Botanical Garden and is easily reached on foot if you are in the Koror area. Plan to spend time exploring both floors, and bring light clothing as the tropical climate is warm and humid year-round.
The museum maintains a photographic archive containing hundreds of images from the German and Japanese colonial periods in Palau. These rare photographs offer a visual record of the transformative eras in island history.
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