Malacca Sultanate Palace, Melaka State, Malaysia

4macedonboy 5:00 PM Feb 4, 2020

Overall, an enjoyable experience of a photogenic building
This building is a replica of the palace of the Malacca Sultanate, which was burned down. The sultan doesn’t actually live here, but this functions as a museum to present the history of the sultanate and Malacca. The palace is a wonderful example of 15th century Malaysian architecture of wooden constructions. Lots of projecting balconies with Malaysian style sloped roofs making an impossibly photogenic building. There are hundreds, if not thousands of artefacts inside the palace and museum. The artefacts are a bit of a mixed bag. Many museums in Malacca like to tell history through paintings, which probably makes sense if you have some knowledge of local history. FOr others, the paintings are accompanied by a paragraph of explanation in English, which appear to have been written by a child starting secondary school. I basically stopped reading those such was the quality of the writing. Oddly enough, the writing for the painting contrasts strongly with the professionally written information in other parts of the museum. There some really high quality items such as the regalia and clothing of the royals, traditional clothing of the different regions of Malaysia and the models of palaces of the the other Malaysian sultanates. For me, the best of the mockups was the Malaccan Sultanate court, which also included a description of how the court functioned. The museum also has exhibits of a variety of weapons, decorative arts, pottery and brassware etc. On the ground of the palace is also a well tended garden at the centre of which is a sculpture of the sultan’s headdress. Overall, an enjoyable experience.

4Stryfe88 5:00 PM Sep 5, 2019

Informative Palace museum
This is a great place to visit if you are interested in history of Malacca. There are lots of information on the founding of Malacca and key historical figures.