Sarawak Museum Department / Vicky Laura Lores

Sarawak Museum has been established during the Charles Brooke era (1868-1917). He suggested building a museum in1978. There was no action taken at that time until 1886. The decision has been taken to buy the ethnographic specimen from Rajang areas that has been collected by H. Brooke Low. This specimen has been displayed in Sarawak’s museum in Market Place at Kuching area. The exhibition officially opened on 30 October 1886. The museum grew slowly, maintaining the indigenous pride, identity and tradition of our people, Sarawakian. It survived the Second World War. Even standing on a sounder footing when Sarawak gained its independent through the formation of Malaysia in 1963. As a result, Sarawak Museum enjoys the international recognition not only as a superb museum but also as a research centre in Borneo where Sarawak Museum journals are published annually for the world circulation since 1910.