Museum celebrates its 20th year
Preserved: One of the museum displays. Picture: BT file photo
Thursday, February 28, 2008
A JOINT celebration will be conducted this afternoon marking the 20th anniversary of the Malay Technology Museum as well as 30th anniversary of the Ethnography Department.
In commemorating the double celebration, a recital of Surah Yassin and thanksgiving ceremony will be held at the museum lobby this afternoon.
Bantong Antaran, acting Director of Museums, and Pengiran Dr Karim Pengiran Hj Osman, acting Deputy Director of Museums, are among the guests attending the ceremony.
Bantong, in his capacity as guest of honour, will be speaking on the development of the Ethnography Department since its establishment 30 years ago.
Officially opened by His Majesty on February 29, 1988, the Malay Technology Museum building is set in a landscaped garden on the banks of the Brunei River, just below the Brunei Museum. The museum, located seven km from the capital and a five-minute car ride from the Brunei Museum building, was donated by the Royal Dutch Shell Group to mark the sultanate's independence.
Three galleries occupy the museum, namely the 'Traditional Houses of the Water Village', the 'Traditional Technology of Water Village' displays and the 'Traditional Technology of Residents'. The Traditional Houses of Water Village section portrays the development of local handicrafts, architecture and house-building techniques in the water village such as Rumah Berloteng, Rumah Potong Limas, Rumah Tungkup and Rumah Belah Bubung. Fishing and boat construction as well as traditional snares and traps used for hunting and fishing are beautifully preserved and displayed in the Traditional Technology of the Water Village section where an exhibition of ingenious fish traps developed over the decades can be seen.
The last gallery portrays Brunei's traditional culture where a portrayal of the life of some of the indigenous ethnic people of Brunei are reconstructed and displayed.
Many of the original materials were used to construct the mock-up longhouses and other traditional buildings, which includes the palm-built houses that used to dominate the water village. Models showing the construction of blowpipes and processing of sago are also displayed as well as the techniques and processes of Brunei's most famous crafts, songket cloth weaving and a fine selection of brassware.
An interactive corner is also set up in the museum displaying various traditional games that the more curious members of the public can try out. The Ethnography Department was established specifically to conduct research and studies on the culture of local tribes and indigenous people of Brunei Darussalam.
The Brunei Times
In commemorating the double celebration, a recital of Surah Yassin and thanksgiving ceremony will be held at the museum lobby this afternoon.
Bantong Antaran, acting Director of Museums, and Pengiran Dr Karim Pengiran Hj Osman, acting Deputy Director of Museums, are among the guests attending the ceremony.
Bantong, in his capacity as guest of honour, will be speaking on the development of the Ethnography Department since its establishment 30 years ago.
Officially opened by His Majesty on February 29, 1988, the Malay Technology Museum building is set in a landscaped garden on the banks of the Brunei River, just below the Brunei Museum. The museum, located seven km from the capital and a five-minute car ride from the Brunei Museum building, was donated by the Royal Dutch Shell Group to mark the sultanate's independence.
Three galleries occupy the museum, namely the 'Traditional Houses of the Water Village', the 'Traditional Technology of Water Village' displays and the 'Traditional Technology of Residents'. The Traditional Houses of Water Village section portrays the development of local handicrafts, architecture and house-building techniques in the water village such as Rumah Berloteng, Rumah Potong Limas, Rumah Tungkup and Rumah Belah Bubung. Fishing and boat construction as well as traditional snares and traps used for hunting and fishing are beautifully preserved and displayed in the Traditional Technology of the Water Village section where an exhibition of ingenious fish traps developed over the decades can be seen.
The last gallery portrays Brunei's traditional culture where a portrayal of the life of some of the indigenous ethnic people of Brunei are reconstructed and displayed.
Many of the original materials were used to construct the mock-up longhouses and other traditional buildings, which includes the palm-built houses that used to dominate the water village. Models showing the construction of blowpipes and processing of sago are also displayed as well as the techniques and processes of Brunei's most famous crafts, songket cloth weaving and a fine selection of brassware.
An interactive corner is also set up in the museum displaying various traditional games that the more curious members of the public can try out. The Ethnography Department was established specifically to conduct research and studies on the culture of local tribes and indigenous people of Brunei Darussalam.
The Brunei Times
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