MUZIUM ISTANA KESULTANAN MELAKA

The Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum (Malay: Muzium Istana Kesultanan Melaka) is a museum located in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. The building is a modern reconstruction of the palace of the Malacca Sultanate. It showcases the history of the region.The museum building was constructed in 1984 and became a cultural museum. The museum was officially opened on 17 July 1986 by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. One important area is a tourist attraction in Melaka City is the Mount St. Paul who was once the center of the Empire of the Malacca Sultanate. On the Mount St. Paul is or was formerly known as Melaka trusted hill lies a beautiful castle probably belonged to Sultan Mansor Shah as illustrated in Malay History essay Tun Sri Lanang. To maintain awareness of the effects of history, a replica of the Malacca Sultanate Palace had been established with the aim to build the spirit and the glory of the golden age of the Malacca Empire.Replica of the Malacca Sultanate Palace This highlights the subtlety of art carved floral patterns and local plant as seen on the walls and pillars carved palace. Aside from being a replica of the palace, the building also serves as a cultural museum first of its kind in Malaysia.According to the Malay Annals, this palace has 17 spaces long, and each measuring 87.5 meters and has 40 doors. However, this scaled down replica of the castle to be 67.2 meters long, 18.5 meters high and 12 meters wide.

Showrooms including the Throne Room, which depicts the reign of the Sultanate of Malacca as a ceremonial audience with King and other court regulations in place on the first floor. Also located on the second floor exhibition contest where the king and the rooms, while the third floor houses du luggage all the treasury.

Replication construction objectives Melaka Sultanate Palace.

·         To demonstrate to the general atmosphere at the Malacca Sultanate Palace and certain rooms such as the Throne Room, Beradu hall and characteristics of Customs rulers in the days of the Malacca Sultanate.

·         To show the greatness of the monarchy as the cultural heritage of the Malay race ever to Malacca was once well recalls the history of the battle between Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat and lessons from these events.

·         Replica of the castle was built in 1984 and used as the Cultural Museum was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia on 17 July 1986. The entire building is made of hardwood, while the roof of the pieces of wood purchases. The construction is characterized by craftsmanship of Malacca where the joints of the building is reinforced by pegs only.

Overall, this museum shows the function and role of the palace when it displays the Throne Room, the Royal Beradu room and halls which symbolizes the civilization of the Malay community.

Construction of the replica of the Malacca Sultanate Palace has been added to the building history of the country and demonstrate to the public a center of the largest empire in Southeast Asia in the 15th century appeared in Melaka.

Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum is open daily from 9.00 am - 5.30 pm. The entrance fee is $ 3.00 for adult citizens, foreign citizens RM5.00 for adults and RM2.00 for children are also citizens and non-citizens.