The National Museum is located in the preserved palace wing of the Sultan Park. In front of the entrance there is a memorial plaque - a witness to the 1980 coup attempt. In the museum itself, there are two bullet-riddled Japanese motorcycles, reminiscent of the 2nd coup attempt in the Maldives, undertaken in 1988.

The exhibits on the first floor date back to the time when Islam came to the country - lacquerware, spears, daggers and a grandiose doli-dankolu palanquin, created for the solemn trips of the Sultan. The archaeological treasures of Thor Heyerdahl, found in the 1980s, are very interesting - sculptures of Buddhist temples brought from the atolls of the archipelago, a cult tantric stone depicting five faces and an imprint of the foot of Buddha.
The second floor is occupied by an exposition of musical instruments played at ritual ceremonies - body beru and large drums, painted with black, scarlet and yellow lacquer. There are also models of traditional dhoni boats, and on the third floor you can see the personal belongings of the monarchs of 6 reigning dynasties - clothes, ceremonial umbrellas, state seals, coins and jewelry, as well as “feili kola” - the festive attire of the national hero Takurufanu, who liberated the Maldives from conquerors . The most interesting exhibits of the National Museum are the coral head of Burda and a wooden sculptural panel from the Hukuru Mosque, marked with an inscription in Arabic and dated to the period of Islamization of the Maldives.