Reflection on 1st Destination: Museum Diraja Abu Bakar

 On our trip to Johor, the first place that we visited was the Museum Diraja Abu Bakar (Sultan Royal Palace Museum).

Here are a few pictures of the museum from the outside:

(That's our tour guide :D)

Unfortunately, pictures weren't allowed to be taken inside the museum :(

I was taken aback by the number of rooms that were in the Palace! 

With the tour guide leading us, we winded in and out of each and every room.

It made me wonder how easily it would've been for us to get lost if the tour guide wasn't present.

In each room, 

the furniture looked brand new, entrancingly designed and were well matched with one another.

It's definitely the Sultan's palace alright!

The rooms that I saw were: drawing room, anter room, children room, reception room, dinner services and cutlery room, traditional Malay handarma, Silver collection room, throne room, Gold and Silver gift collection room, State Regalia and Gold collection, the hunting room. 

There is also a gorgeous Banqueting Hall where it looked like it was from a movie set!

In the Throne Room, 

there were two elegantly designed chairs, where the King sits on the larger one and the Queen sits on the smaller one.

Awards are usually presented to soldiers in the room.

In the Gold and Silver Gift Collection room,

 lies the 'Centerpiece: Perhatian tengah meja.'

According to the ____ at the museum, that was the item that the Indian government gave it to the British. 

However, the British king did not accept the gift as he was afraid that he would upset the Queen.

The Indian Government then decided to give it to the Queen instead, and the Queen then gave it to Malaysia.

In the State Regalia and Gold Collection room, 

sacred-looking spears of different lengths were displayed.

On its description, it wrote: 'Mace of the universe symbolizes temporal power in a form of a star and crescent with Arabic inscriptions."

Many of the rooms displayed cutleries made with different materials and designs. 

Personally, I felt that the craftsmanship for the cutleries is very detailed and with one look, anyone could tell that 101% effort was put in.

In the Hunting room, 

displays of ivory trunks, Waste buckets (made from elephant feet), numerous antlers, tortoise shells, tigers (where the tallest was 9 feet & longest was11 inches), birds, alligators, Smoker's set of 3 tiger skulls could be seen.

The Royal team took part in many hunting competitions.

When we realised that we could take pics in the hunting room, we only managed to take 3 pictures:

First edtion of stamps

Closer look

Daphne, what is this arh???

Help me edit this part if you know, thanks!

This museum was indeed interesting and beautiful. I learnt many things too.