Museum Mulawarman in Tenggarong City, Indonesia

Dear steemian friends,
Today I wanna share one of tourist destination in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia that is Mulawarman Museum.
Mulawarman Museum is located at Jl. Diponegoro Tenggarong, Tenggarong City, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It is more or less 3 hours drive from Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport Balikpapan (depends on the traffic). Using Airpot Taxi will cost you 550.000 rupiah (Indonesian Currency), about 42 in US Dollar. Inside the Mulawarman Museum are stored historical objects used by Kutai Sultanate such as Throne, Sultan Bed, Sultanate Dress, Spear, Keris (kinda Javanese sharp weapon), Old time gun, Yupa Inscription and Chinese Ceramic Collection. If you plan to spend the night in Tenggarong, there are many hotels near the museum, from non starred hotels to 4 starred hotel.

Sultan Throne.

Sultanate Dress.

Sultan Bed.

Dutch Ancient Pistol.

Keris (typical Javanese sharp weapon).

Yupa Inscription.

Chinese Ceramics.

Mulawarman Museum has objects that related with the Dayak Tribe, the natives of Borneo, beside of the sharp weapons called Mandau there is also Ulap Doyo, which is a kind of traditional loom made by Dayak Tribe dan Dayak Art.

Dayak Arts and Crafts.

Mandau (kinda sharp weapon typical Dayak Tribe).

Dayak Tribe Loom and Woven Cloth.

Mulawarman Museum is open everyday (close on Fridays) from 09:00 to 16:00, to enter the museum area, visitors are required to buy entrance ticket with the price
Childrean/Students: Rp 1.500/person
Adult: Rp 3.500/person
Foreigners: Rp 5.000/person (about 0.37 in US Dollar)