Visit to Sarawak Museum in Kuching

There are altogether 9 Museum in Kuching.

	SARAWAK MUSEUM (OLD BUILDING)
	SARAWAK MUSEUM (DEWAN T.A.R)
	ISLAMIC MUSEUM
	CHINESE HISTORY MUSEUM
	NIAH ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM
	LIMBANG REGIONAL MUSEUM
	BARAM REGIONAL MUSEUM
	TEXTILE MUSEUM
	PETROLEUM MUSEUM

The Sarawak Museum (Old Building) is located in Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, 93566 Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia. The opening hours : Monday to Sunday from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. Admission is free.

This old building is used as the centre to exhibit collections on the natural history of Sarawak. The ground floor of the museum holds the natural history collection and specimens of Sarawak fauna – reptiles, mammals, birds, etc, all expertly prepared and mounted for display. The west wing of the museum houses Shell exhibition - petroleum industries of Sarawak.


The first floor displays exhibits of ethnographic artifacts such as models of longhouses of the various ethnic groups in Sarawak, musical instruments, various kinds of fish and animal traps, handicrafts, models of boats and others.


Since its inception, the building has undergone several renovations and alterations. It is rectangular, 44’ x 160’ with walls and pillars of bricks and roof of belian and concrete. It has European architecture of imposing edifice in Queen Anne style (Victorian period). The galleries are lighted by dormer windows on the roof which thus allow a great area of wall space.





The Sarawak Museum was built by Charles Brooke, the White Rajah of Sarawak, for exhibiting the handicrafts of the indigenous people and the wildlife of Sarawak. The building was designed by a French aide of Brooke, who copied the design of the Normandy Town Hall in France.

I would recommend all visitors to Kuching to visit the Sarawak Museum which is one of the oldest museum in Malaysia.