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The Muzium Lukut was established in an effort to preserve the glorious past history of Lukut and its fort. At the museum, visitors have the opportunity to learn more about Lukut's history from the early 19th century to 1880 when it was established as a district of Sungai Ujong in Negri Sembilan. The museum also has a gallery showcasing the cultures and customs of the Minangkabau, the colonial and post-war era and the history of Undang Luak.
Exhibits here include artifacts unearthed at Fort Lukut such as coins, spain shillings, compass ring, pewter spoon, musket of varying sizes, blue and white porcelain pieces from the Qing Dynasty, stoneware plate shards from Thailand, 18th century European porcelain plate shards, clay floor tiles and Zelfpotten (North European kind of ceramic) used for medicinal purposes.
The Nassau Gallery here is specialy dedicated to exhibit the artifacts recovered from the Nassau, a battleship belonging to the Dutch East Indies Company which sank at Tanjung Tuan during the Battle of Cape Rachado on August 18, 1606. This is the battle fought between Dutch and Portuguese to control Melaka.
Opening Hours :
9am - 6pm daily on working days.
Entrance is free.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Muzium Lukut, Lukut, Negeri Sembilan
Within Kota Lukut's compound is this royal well which used to be only accesible by the fort's royal household.
The well was fenced all around and watched over all hours by the guards - this is to avoid the well from being poisoned. It is not suprising though as located just a short distance from the fort is another well that is poisoned - those who tresspassed the fort were put to death at the poison well.
Updated Nov 22, 2004
Address: Kota Lukut, Lukut, Negeri Sembilan
Website: http://www.cuti.com.my/Sub/NSembilan/guide_flukut.htm
Lukut prosper because of tin mining activities and the fort was specifically build as a base to oversee the thriving tin business and the tin mining community.
The remains of structures that can be seen within the fort include the royal house (Raja Wok's house), a martial art court, a pond and the counting house - a two-storey building in the middle of the fort where the 'king sat in the counting house, counting all his money'.
However, internal conflicts and gradual depletion of tin deposits at the district's tin mines made it increasingly difficult for the Ruler to manage Lukut. By 1877, Lukut's economy had deteriorated so much that the Ruler could no longer afford to maintain the fort and was later abandoned and reduced to a state of ruins until the Museum Department rehabilitated the site in the 1970s.
Updated Nov 17, 2004
Address: Kota Lukut, Lukut, Negeri Sembilan
Website: http://www.cuti.com.my/Sub/NSembilan/guide_flukut.htm
As Kota Lukut is located on top of Bukit Gajah Mati, the town of Lukut is clearly visible from the site of the fort.
From here, the town of Lukut is just like an ordinary small town in Malaysia - with housing estates and shops, most structures are not more than two storeys high. Thus, it is hard to imagine then that Lukut was once a rich commercial centre - so rich it was that a fort was required for the protection of its peoples and Ruler.
Written Nov 16, 2004
Address: Lukut, Negeri Sembilan
The main entrance of Kota Lukut is probably the most significant remains of the fort to prove on how mighty the fort used to be previously.
The fort was about 200 metres long and 170 metres wide with large cannons placed at the edges of the fort. Muzzle-loading guns with a clear view of the Lukut river valley defended all sides of the square fort. Arab mercenaries were also employed to defend the fort.
It was built on top of Bukit Gajah Mati in 1847 by Raja Jumaat bin Raja Jaafar, who was appointed by the Sultan of Selangor to oversee the administration of Lukut which was part of the state of Selangor then.
Updated Nov 16, 2004
Address: Kota Lukut, Lukut, Negeri Sembilan
Website: http://www.cuti.com.my/Sub/NSembilan/guide_flukut.htm
From the main entrance of the Kota & Muzium Lukut complex, visitors have to cross the fort's moat using this bridge.
During the fort's heyday, this five metre deep mort that surrounded the fort was part of its defensive system. The moat is said to be booby trapped with millions of shards of bamboo sticks with a wall of sharpened wooden stakes. Anyone attempting to swim across the moat would definitely have been pierced.
However, the moat has ever since been dried up but still has that eerie feeling into it...
Updated Nov 16, 2004
Address: Kota Lukut, Lukut, Negeri Sembilan
Website: http://www.cuti.com.my/Sub/NSembilan/guide_flukut.htm
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