Exploring Malaysia 
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Negeri Sembilan State Museum / Complex Centre
Located along Jalan Labu is the Cultural Handicraft Complex, comprising three main buildings: the Teratak Perpatih, the Ampang Tinggi Palace and the Minangkabau House, built in typical Minangkabau style. Teratak Perpatih features artifacts, handicrafts, traditional clothes, woodcarvings and photographs while the authentic Minangkabau House features the state’s history and culture. The tourist information centre is also here. A restored palace, the once magnificent Istana Ampang Tinggi is today the State Museum which houses exhibits of various old weapons as well as brass and silverware used by the Royal families.
Sri Menanti Royal Museum
The Seri Menanti Palace built at the turn of the century by two local craftsmen is an architectural marvel. The five storey wooden palace which took six years to complete was constructed using no screws or nails and is held together using interlocking techniques and wood pegs. It is all black with a long balcony and wooden pillars carved with intricate gold flower motifs. Its 99 solid timber pillars that soar 65 feet in height represent the 99 warriors who guarded the palace. Now the Royal Museum, it is a classic showcase of Minangkabau structure and design. The repository of the regalia of the Negeri Sembilan Royal family, it has on display costumes, ceremonial weaponry, bed chambers and documents on the Royal lineage. The Museum is tucked amidst green hills 50km form Seremban in the Royal town of Sri Menanti, which is also the official residence of the State Ruler.
Lukut Museum/Fort
Lukut, a historical town just North of Port Dickson, is where you will find the site of the Lukut Museum and an old fort. . The Lukut Fort was built in 1847 by "Raja Jumaat" on top of a hill, Bukit Gajah Mati,..to protect the town’s booming tin trade from unwanted intruders. The museum showcases Lukut’s golden days as the capital of tin trade. It has exhibits of the NASSAU shipwreck. NASSAU is the famous Dutch East Indiaman battleship belonging to the EIC (East India Company) which sank during the Battle of Cape Rachado (Tanjung Tuan) in 1606
Port Dickson Army Museum
The Army Museum is located at Jalan Sua Betong, Port Dickson, was established to showcase the history of the Royal Armoured Corps (Kor Armor Diraja) which is located at Sunggala Camp, Port Dickson. The Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Al-Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, the Sultan of Terengganu, launched the museum on September 4, 1993. The Duli Yang Maha Mulia is also the colonel for the Royal Armoured Corps.
Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex
Pengkalan Kempas, a village along the Port Dickson-Melaka trunk road, is where an old grave - Keramat Sungai Ujong - marks the final resting place of a leading historical personality, Ulama Sheikh Ahmad Majnun, an Islamic missionary. Adjacent to the tomb is the group of three very mysterious carved granite monoliths, each about 2 meters high, known, because of their shapes, as the Sword, the Spoon and the Rudder. They are believed to be monuments of an unidentified pagan culture which was practiced in Malaysia before the advent of Islam. Dubbed the Living Stones they are said to glow at night and to possess special properties.
The Gemas Railway Station
The Gemas Railway Station, which is still fully operational to this day, was constructed in 1922. It is a stopover for trains from the North, East Coast and the South and also accommodates cargo trains carrying major commodities such as cement, petrol, rubber and logs. The station building has maintained its original structure and even houses two 1946 model North British Locomotive Company steam engines.
