Belau National Museum

It is the largest museum in all of Palau (especially Koror). Unfortunately, you have to pay a ludicrous price to pay for taking photos and videos inside (I want to say $35 CAD on top of the $20 CAD ticket). Nor being able to take photos and videos inside is disappointing. However, they do have a café and live music outside. The neighbourhood has a lot of chickens outside of the museum. The employees weren't as friendly as they could have been. They were more laid back and casual if anything. You'll likely spend about 90 minutes here. Maybe 2 hours if you read every word.

Fairy interesting museum, mainly written and photos, the Bai outside is the best bit. The gift shop is good with a comprehensive collection of decent local history books and small publications.

The exhibition is small, but you will learn a lot of information. History, nature, anthropology. Nice exhibits. Worth a visit. There is a small shop and a cafe in the museum.

The museum was nice, but taking pictures inside is not allowed and the staff were very rude. Palau is a beautiful country with incredibly friendly people. Locals often smile and wave, and we even had a stranger offer us a ride to our hotel when they saw us walking on the side of the road. However, our experience was overshadowed by the excessive and seemingly arbitrary taxes imposed on almost every activity. If you want to visit another island? $50 tax. Want to film outside a museum? Another $50 tax. Snorkeling, scuba diving, even just sitting on certain beaches—it all comes with a $50 fee. Our hotel also charged a $50 tax, and the receipts for visitor passes looked so unprofessional that it almost seemed like the money wasn’t going where it should. While that may not be the case, the overall impression is that tourists are being exploited at every turn. On top of that, everything is extremely expensive—$15 for a dozen eggs, $10 for a five-minute taxi ride. It really feels like visitors are being taken advantage of, which is disappointing for such a stunning destination. If Palau wants to encourage tourism, there needs to be more transparency and fairness in pricing.

If you walk from the main street, it takes about 10 minutes; there is a detailed introduction to the history and culture (ticket price is US$15), from primitive times to the arrival of the Spaniards, followed by the governance of the Germans, Japanese and Americans, which is worth exploring; there is also a gift shop and a place selling drinks on the first floor.

If you're interested in WW2 and also want to see this beautiful island and it's past it's worth a visit!

Spent over an hour here and it was pleasantly surprising.

Great gift shop - they sell real used Palauan numbers plates as souvenirs for USD 15. Each state has its own design.