Welcome to Sabah Museum
You may have visited many interesting places in Sabah; you may have enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of its people, but no visit to Sabah is complete without visiting the Sabah Museum. The Sabah Museum is the most prestigious museum in Sabah and is the State's showcase of its rich cultural heritage and exhibits Sabah's history, culture, social and natural history in one place.
The flagship of the Sabah Museum is the Sabah Museum Complex which is sited on 43.3 acres of lush green natural and planted jungle and is located at Old Palace Hill ( Bukit Istana Lama ) in Kota Kinabalu. This complex is unique in Malaysia as it houses in one place the museum proper, an ethnobotanic garden, a zoological garden and a heritage village.
The main building itself, the architecture of which is inspired by traditional buildings and costumes, comprises of the central exhibition hall and six galleries. In these are located the Islamic Civilization Gallery, the Archaeology and History Gallery, Natural History Gallery, Art Gallery, Ceramic and Brassware Gallery, Traditional Costumes and much more. An annex building is the Science and Education Centre which houses the Geology Gallery, the exhibition on petroleum industry, the exhibition on copper mining in Sabah and a current exhibition on broadcasting technology. Next to the Science Centre is the Multivision Theatre (Wacana Room) and the Sabah Art Gallery which is operated by the Sabah Cultural Board.