Sultan Park & National Museum

ޤައުމީ ދާރުލްއާސާރު (National Museum), Sultan Park

Old palace gardens and a museum of sultans' thrones

⚠ Closed Fridays

Hours

Museum Sat–Thu 10:00–16:00, closed Fridays and public holidays (June 2026); park open in daytime

Tickets

Park free; museum about MVR 100 adults, MVR 15 children (June 2026; check on site)

Address

Inside Sultan Park, Medhuziyaaraiy Magu, Malé

This is where the sultans' palace stood when Malé was a royal capital. Most of the palace is gone, and what's left of the grounds is a small park of tropical trees and a fountain. The National Museum inside, a new building funded by China in 2010, holds royal thrones and palanquins, armour and weapons, old coins and lacquerware. It also had pre-Islamic Buddhist pieces, but many were smashed in 2012.