Discover the Biggest Museum in Bandar Seri Begawan

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Khairool Adzelan Aman✭✭✭✭✭
3 months ago
Spend some time to learn of Brunei’s history, specifically Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Tips: Bruneian enter free, foreigners 5 Dollars for adults and 3 dollars for children. No camera or video, only phones allowed. You have to leave your belongings in the lockers at the entrance. Photos using your phones are allowed except in 2 areas, and videos are absolutely prohibited. Pro tip: use the panorama feature in your phone.
Sharon✭✭✭✭✭
3 months ago
Our taxi driver suggested visiting the museum, so he took us there. You have to leave your shoes outside on a shelf, wear socks if you don’t want to walk barefoot. It was 5 Brunei dollars each. They give you a key to a locker to put your bag in and return the key when you are leaving.

You are allowed to take photos, but no videos. The section with the replica of the throne no photos allowed, it is guarded by army officers.

It is a fascinating insight to the Sultans life and his years studying at Sandhurst Military Academy up in the UK and travelling around the world.

There are lots of gifts given to him by other countries which are fascinating.

The museum is very clean, worth a visit. It wasn’t busy when we went, there is a car park opposite if you are driving, not expensive to park.

Tuyet Mai Dinh Thi✭✭✭✭✭
4 months ago
Worth a visit. The Royal Regalia Museum provides a glimpse of Brunei’s royalty. The building has a beautiful dome. You must leave your shoes on a rack outside before entering and leave your bag in a locker.

Malay Technology Museum

  • Address: VXM9+CVM, Simpang 482, Kampung Kota Batu, Brunei
  • Map: Click here
  • Rating: 4 (215)
  • Website:
  • Opening hours:
    Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Friday: Closed
    Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Reviews:
    Parimila✭✭✭✭✭
    5 months ago
    The museum is about Malay Culture and how they used to live in previous days. The museum is well maintained and there are always staff nearby to help you out if you need any assistance. One of the recommended museums that the tourists can drop by whenever they come to Brunei.
    Avy .A✭✭✭✭
    a month ago
    A more accurate way of labelling this Museum to me would be ‘The Kampong Life Museum’. It’s more about how the villagers of the Kampong Ayer lives— a remodel of their homes and fishing equipments which are all made from bamboo and leaves. It helps us to see how sustainable our past is, using so much biodegradable items found in our nature.

    My favourite was seeing how they turned a wood trunk into a step ladder and a Sugarcane Juice crusher. Entry Cost for foreigners is B$3, only by cash.

    Tuyet Mai Dinh Thi✭✭✭
    4 months ago
    When we visited the museum, we were the only visitors there. It might not be the Technology museum that you have in mind. The museum is telling the story of people, who lived in Brunei both on the water and the land, and used traditional technology for life. You can take photos inside but you are not allowed to bring bags in.
    leo lobarbio✭✭✭✭✭
    6 months ago
    Worth visiting. An informative museum. The staffs are nice and helpful. Lockers are provided before entering the galleries. Galleries full of dioramas about the the malay way of life, living on stilts, different industries and livelihoods adapted on the swamps. A good itenerary for a day trip that includes the nearby museums, archaeological sites and grave sites of the former sultans. A trail nearby would lead to the ruins and excavations inside the forested area. The same area as the maritime museum.
    Reem Bader✭✭✭✭✭
    a year ago
    Very nice place. Sections of the museum show how Brunei people lived and worked. Their heritage and traditions. Very interesting

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