Malaysia - Negeri Sembilan - State Museum

Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

State Museum.

Sent by myself during my three-day visit in Negeri Sembilan.

Negeri Sembilan State Museum is located at the Crafts & Cultural Handicraft Complex and is located along Jalan Sungai Ujong, Seremban. If you are in this state capital and is keen to learn more about the history of this state as well as appreciate the many artifects here, plan to spend an hour or so here.

Students of Malaysia history will appreciate this museum as the building itself was built using the Minangkabau architecture.

The building known as Teratak Pepatih Building was previously used as a location for the National Al-Quran Recitation Competition. Due to its Minangkabau architecture, it was renovated and officially declared as the new location of the state museum on 14 July 1986 (read more). 

Malaysia - Negeri Sembilan - Cape Rachado Lighthouse

Cape Rachado Lighthouse (Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan)

It is believed to be the oldest lighthouse in Malaysia. Named by the Portuguese, meaning Broken Cape, the lighthouse in an exclave of the state of Melaka, adjecent to the town of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.

The lighthouse was first built by the Portuguese in 15th century and later rebuilt by the Dutch. The present lighthouse was constructed in 1863, during Malacca's status as a British-ruled Straits Settlement, and remain active.

Sent by myself during my three-day visit in Negeri Sembilan. 

The Cape Rachado Lighthouse (Malay: Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan) is a lighthouse located at Cape Rachado (Malay: Tanjung Tuan), in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia. The lighthouse is believed to be the oldest in the country, its history allegedly dating back to Portuguese rule of Malacca during the 16th century, although the present structure is a 19th-century construction.

The early history of the lighthouse remains largely unverified, with unofficial accounts by locals tracing the lighthouse's history back to a period following the conquest of Malacca by Portugal in 1511. The Portuguese government in Malacca vested interest in the construction of a lighthouse to guide its ships through the narrow Straits of Malacca, completing the first iteration of the structure on Cape Rachado (a name given by the Portuguese, meaning "Broken Cape") in the 16th century. Possession of the lighthouse was handed over to the Dutch VOC, alongside Malacca in entirety in 1641, and a second version of the building was claimed to have been built in 1817, during temporary rule by the British under William Farquhar, seven years before Malacca's total changeover to the British in 1824.

The present lighthouse was constructed in 1863, during Malacca's status as a British-ruled Straits Settlement, and remains active as of 2008. In 1990, a concrete tower was built by to the original lighthouse to house a MEASAT radar (read more).

Malaysia - Negeri Sembilan - Army Museum

Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.

Army Museum (Muzium Tentera Darat).

Sent by myself during my three-day visit in Negeri Sembilan.

Approximately a 20-minute drive from Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson, The Army Museum, which is also known as Muzium Tentera Darat or Army Museum PD by area residents, is located in the district of Sirusa. Being the one and only military museum in Malaysia, the Army Museum in Port Dickson is a major attraction for locals and tourists alike.

The Army Museum Port Dickson is also considered one of the most modern museums in the country and it won the Merit Award in the category of ‘Best Tourist Attraction on National Identity (Heritage) 2005/2006’ by Tourism Malaysia.

Approximately 12.6 kilometres away from Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson, the Army Museum Port Dickson is managed by Malaysian Royal Armed Forces. It houses the nation’s military achievements, memorabilia, uniforms and weapons throughout decades of history (read more).

Malaysia - Negeri Sembilan - Seremban

Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Sent by Afiza from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Terima kasih banyak-banyak (thank you very much).

Seremban (Negeri Sembilan Malay: Somban) is a city in the Seremban District and the capital of the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia. The city's administration is run by the Seremban City Council.

Seremban gained its city status on 20 January 2020. Covering an area of 959 km², Seremban's population is 681,541 as of 2020, making it the tenth largest city in Malaysia and the fifth most populous state capital behind Johor Bahru, Shah Alam, George Town and Ipoh. It is part of the Greater Kuala Lumpur area, being situated approximately 55 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur and 37 kilometres south of the federal administrative capital of Putrajaya. Since 2015, Seremban has been the major anchor city of the Malaysia Vision Valley, Negeri Sembilan's main special economic zone spanning the state's western half (read more).