Art Museum

Top choice in Kuching


Closed at the time of writing and scheduled to reopen in mid-2020. This museum featured an exhibit called Urang Sarawak, which deftly and succinctly describes the people and culture of the region, especially indigenous lifestyles and traditional mythology, historical periods such as the Brooke era and WWII, as well as contemporary Sarawak. Other exhibits feature prehistoric archaeology, including important finds from the Niah Caves, and Chinese ceramics.


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1. Natural History Museum

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This building, built in 1908 and adorned with Rajah Brooke's birdwing butterfly, so named by famous naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, is currently being…

2. Sarawak Museum

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Closed at the time of writing and scheduled to reopen in mid-2020 after extensive conservation work, the Sarawak Museum was established in 1891 by Charles…

3. Sarawak Museum Campus

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Scheduled to open in mid-2020, the modern and innovative Sarawak Museum Campus incorporates several floors of interactive and hands-on exhibitions…

4. Museum Garden

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The landscaped Museum Garden stretches south from the hill, leading past flowers and fountains to a white-and-gold column called the Heroes’ Monument.

5. Heroes' Monument

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Commemorates those who died defending Sarawak in various military conflicts, including WWII.

6. Kapok Tree

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Huge and ancient tree on Padang Merdeka (Independence Sq).

7. St Thomas’s Cathedral

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Facing Padang Merdeka (Independence Sq) and its monumental kapok tree, Kuching’s Anglican cathedral (1954) has a mid-20th-century look and, inside, a…

8. Islamic Heritage Museum

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Offers a pretty good introduction to Malay-Muslim culture and its long ties with the Muslim heartland far to the west. Displays range from Bornean-Malay…