Terengganu State Museum

gojohor February 7, 2024 Destinations, Travel No Comment

If you want to know more about this state, please visit Terengganu State Museum. The design is based on the traditional Terengganu house architecture or better known as Rumah tele / Rumah Tiang. This museum, which has 5 different sections, exhibits a lot of historical information about the state of Terengganu from the past to the present. Among the parts in this museum are the Main Museum, the Fisheries Museum, the Maritime Museum, the botanical and herbal gardens and finally there are 4 traditionally designed houses.

It is the biggest museum complex in South-east Asia with four main blocks besides having a maritime museum and five traditional houses.

It was built with a beautiful garden landscape and resembling Terengganu’s glory which is rich in cultural history until today.

It is located on a 27 hectare land on Bukit Losong, Kuala Terengganu. The complex exposes an attractive architecture which is an inspiration from the old castle in Terengganu.

It places a main museum, maritime museum, fishery museum, four traditional houses, botanical garden and the Malay herbal garden.

The main museum contains a gallery which exhibits textiles, weaving techniques, traditional weapons, petroleum development, Islamic arts and many more.