I have been in Muscat for almost 7 years now but I had still not had the opportunity to visit it's National Museum. Whenever I travel anywhere the first thing I would like to visit in that place is it's Museum because that's the place where you get to know the culture and traditions of that place. Again the irony is that we always miss out to see places in the city that we live and we never give much of importance to it. Last week when my Cousins were in the City, I planned to take them to the Museum so that I could also get the opportunity to visit. From the outside the Museum looked grand and it was always on my list, but it was just not happening. Glad that I could do it this time because it's really worth visiting this place.

I will be making this post in 2 parts as there are many things that I want to share and showcase about this beautiful Country Oman.
The Museum has sections like the arms & ammunitions, development of shipping trade, farming and irrigation, art and culture, display of royal life and the heritage structures of Oman.
Today I will share about the Arms and Ammunitions, Shipping Trade, Farming and Irrigation and the Omani Culture.

This is a traditional Omani Khanjar (dagger). This is very significant for Oman as it's the national symbol of the Country. People of higher ranks on important occasions tie it around their waist. It's a mark of respect and power.

Some of the Guns and a Cannon of the olden times on display.

This is what is also found on the Oman Flag. Two crossed swords with the dagger in the center.

Different types of Swords

These are the shields with the swords. They are very small in comparison to the ones that I have seen so far in other museums.

After this we proceed to the Shipping section, where there was a display of the olden time boats used in Oman.

We still find some of these types in the interior villages used by local fisherman.

A stone used to anchor the boat with the rope

After this was the section of Farming and Irrigation of olden Oman times.
A farming plough

An Axe. This is nothing fascinating as it's been used in the modern times as well.

This must be used in the carts which must be used for ploughing. Some of these things we still see in the villages of India now also, but may be in the next 50 years or so these will no longer be in use in any part of the world.

This was a section which represented some Syrian artifacts. What we observed here was that most of them they were damages in the face part and rest of it was all fine. This was a quick run through

This is the Omani traditional wear and some of their way of living.

Display of traditional dress of Omani man and woman and children

The woman have something like this worn on their head

This mask is worn on the face. We do not see it anyone wearing it today in the cities, but in the remote villages we may still come across these worn by some women.