Malay Technology Museum

The basics

Highlights of the Malay Technology Museum include dioramas depicting villages of yesteryear and artifacts relating to boat-making, metalworking, goldsmithing, and fishing. The museum sometimes features on full-day sightseeing tours of Bandar Seri Begawan, which combine it with top landmarks, such as the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, notable for its opulent architecture, and Kampong Ayer, a water village that’s the world’s largest stilt-based settlement.

Things to know before you go

• There’s a small admission fee to enter the museum and children receive a discount.

• Photography is allowed inside the museum.

• All information is in both Malay and English.

How to get there

From the center of Bandar Seri Begawan, the Malay Technology Museum is a 10-minute drive via Jalan Kota Batu road. While most tours include transport, you can use Dart—Brunei’s rideshare service—to reach the museum if you don’t have your own vehicle.

When to get there

Malay Technology Museum is open from Saturday through Thursday, typically from 9am until 5pm, and is closed on Fridays. The best time to visit Brunei and the wider island of Borneo is during the dry season of February through April, though it’s warm and wet year-round.

The best museums in Brunei

Within a short walk of the Malay Technology Museum is the Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum, often hailed as the city’s best museum. This fascinating cultural institution features objects found at the archaeological site of Kota Batu—a center of the Silk Road trade—and artifacts found on a shipwreck discovered in 1997.