 The museum is located at the foot of the hill in Lukit, which is to the north of the port town of Port Dickson.The fort was built by Bugis warrior Raja Jumaat in 1847 as a strong fortification to control his trading in tin which was his monopoly operated from the town of Lukut.When disputes arose on the control of the fort and the Lukut area which was with the bordering state of Selangor till the 1870s, it was then ceded to the Negeri Sembilan under border treaty negotiations held between the two kingdoms.