100 Years Sarawak Museum

The renowned Sarawak Museum was built in 1891. It was restored to its current form in 1911 and remained the only museum in Borneo until 1964. The museum was established to house and display local native arts and crafts as well as collections of local animals. Today, this wing is used as the main area for exhibit collections on the natural history of Sarawak. Visitors exploring the ground floor of the museum will discover the natural history collection and samples of Sarawak's fascinating fauna as well as reptiles, mammals, birds and much more; all skillfully and carefully organized. An interesting feature on the ground floor is the west wing which houses Shell exhibition. The first floor of the museum houses various displays from musical instruments, different types of fish and animal traps, handicrafts and ethno graphics artifacts like samples of longhouses of Sarawak's various ethnic groups.