Reflection on the Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum

The first place we visited after entering Malaysia was the Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum. We had to take off our shoes before we enter, I think it was because of religious purposes and also to prevent dirtying the museum. The museum stores all the collection of treasures and artefacts of the Royal Family and also shows the details of the rulers that had ruled Johor before. The treasures and artefacts look so elegant and expensive! No wonder it's said to be PRICELESS! Many of us were quite jealous when we saw that the Sultan was so rich! We learnt that the museum was officially open to the public on May 11, 1990 in conjunction with the celebration of Sultan Iskandar's birthday so that the public had the opportunity to view the Royal Family's collection in a proper museum setting. There were many rooms in the museum - the Sultan's room, the meeting room, the children's room, the cultery room, the hall, etc which have so many beautiful and shiny furniture and artefacts. When we saw the children's room, we actually did not know it was the children room, because the design was quite old, and there were no toys, etc which children likes to play, so we pitied the children there. One part of the museum showcases the bones of huge animals such as tigers. elephants, bears, etc which was hunted long ago. That made most of the girls scared at first, but it was interesting as we got used to it. It also looked like a jungle to some of us. Until now, the museum is still used for important meetings or important presentations, etc. Althought the building look simple with some formal Islamic style, it gave us a sense of clean, peace and most importantly, a sense of surprise when we were inside the building as there are quite a lot of things to see and explore in this royal museum. Me myself think that it is probably the best place the visit at around Johor!




We did not manage to take many photos, because taking photos was prohibited inside the museum...


Outside the museum:













This guard allowed us to take photo of him outside the museum: