On the 2th of June, we went to johor to do the learning journey. Our first stop is sultan abu bakar museum. It is a museum created by the father of modern johor sultan abu bakar. It incorporated some of sultan’s creative ideas in its architecture. The rooms inside the museum are well labeled with a signage with Malay and English words to tell people what are their functions. There are about eight rooms in it. The first room is the banqueting room. It was built in 1912 and is located at the east wing of the palace. I think that it is very formal because all the things in it is made of gold. For example the chairs. The second room is the throne room. It is used to meet the invited guests and for knighting. There are two chairs, one big one for datuk and one small one for his wife and the two chairs are on a platform. i also think that this is formal as the guests need to wear traditional clothes to meet them. There are also rooms displaying hand arms cutlery and a textile to display clothes. I think that all this are used by the people living in the palace in the past. In this museum, there are jewellery flags and tea sets. I think that the people living in this museum in the past are rich because all this are mostly made of gold. There is also a room which has a lot of medals. I think that all this are great achievements of what the people in the palace did. The ceilings of the room is slanted, consisted of transparent crystal horses and dolls in kimonos.
There is also a room with a lot of trophies of sultan abu bakar because he and his son had hunt for a lot of animals including elephants, crocodile and tiger. So there is a room called the hunting room. In it there are elephant leg which is used as a waste paper basket, a lot of tusks on display, stuffed male tiger and crocodile on display, smoker’s set made from tiger skull and ivory tusks. Last but not least, near the entrance of the museum, there is a display of gold coins used from 1722 to 1760. there are also banana notes which are worthless during the world war on display. I think sultan abu bakar kept them so that people born after that can see them and for his descendant to see. Overall. In a nut shell, I have learnt a lot of things after visiting this museum such as who built it, the history of it and many more!!!
RESEARCH
The museum occupies the Istana Besar (Grand Palace) which was specially commissioned in 1864 by the Father of Modern Johor, Sultan Abu Bakar. Completed in 1866, the Grand Palace incorporated some of the Sultan's creative ideas in its architecture.
In the early 1990s, Johor's present ruler, His Majesty Sultan Iskandar, decided that members of the public should be given the opportunity to view the Royal Family's collection in a proper museum setting. His Majesty consented for the Grand Palace to be converted into a museum but concurrently it still serves the traditional royal and state ceremonial functions. Sultan Iskandar officially declared the museum open on May 11, 1990.
Acclaimed as one of the best museums found in the world, the Royal Abu Bakar Museum is located in the Grand Palace (or Istana Besar) of Sultan Abu Bakar. The palace was built in the year 1866 whereas the museum was only founded in the year 1990 by His Majesty Sultan Iskandar. This museum is home to a large collection of treasures from the Royal Family. There is an extensive art collection, which includes a variety of cultural artifacts, ceremonial finery, personal memorabilia, furniture and other objects that were amassed by the Royal Family during its reign.
There are many different rooms
- each with a signage outside the room.
The Banqueting Hall
- built in 1912
- located in the East Wing of the palace
The Throne Room
- Used to meet invited guests
- Used for knighting - One big chair for Datuk
- One smaller chair for his wife
- Both chairs are on a platform -guests are to wear traditional clothes
Here are some pictures:
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