PALACE MUSEUM IN ZANZIBAR

 PALACE MUSEUM IN ZANZIBAR

The palace was inbuilt late 19TH century to function a residence for the Sultan’s family. once the Zanzibar Revolution, in 1964 it absolutely was formally renamed to People's Palace. In 1994, it became a meseum concerning the Zanzibari royal family house and history. the bottom floor displays details of the formative century of the sultanate from 1828 to 1870 throughout that commercial treaties were signed between Zanzibar, u. s. of America, Britain and France. within the meseum is the record of princess Salme, best referred to as Emily Ruete, former Zanzibari princess who fled from the sultanate to relocate in Europe together with her husband; the exhibits include some of her writings, garments clothes and her everyday life accessories. The exhibits on the 2nd floor concentrate on the amount of wealthiness from 1870 to 1896 throughout that fashionable amenities like piped water and electricity were introduced to Zanzibar beneath ruler sultan Barghash.

The third floor consists of the modest housing of ruler sultan Khalifa bin Haroub (1911 to 1960) and his 2 wives, each of whom clearly had completely different tastes in piece of furniture. For the primary time, guests will see a lot of of the Sultans’ piece of furniture and alternative possessions that survived the revolution.