This regional museum has skulls, seashells, stone tools, swords, gourds and antique looms from across the province, plus an entire blue whale skeleton in a separate building. Displays (some in English), cover historical moments and cultural topics, including plants that create dyes for traditional fabrics.
Museum Nusa Tenggara Timur
Kupang
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11.76 MILES
In a former medical clinic from the 1920s, you'll find Robert 'Robbi' Koroh, the 20th Amarai raja with manicured white hair, whose father played a leading…
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