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Sabah Museum

It is a must for tourists to stop by the museum if they want to know the culture in which they are traveling. This is because the museum is a place where the history of the place and kept the tourists can get to know the place better.

Sabah Museum is store a plentiful of treasures and items of historical relics Malaysia, especially in Sabah. In addition, various info about the customs of the natives on display here.
However, you are not allowed to take pictures inside the museum for security reasons, you are only allowed to take pictures outside of the building only.

How to Get Here?
If you are traveling to Sabah, you can visit the Sabah Museum, which is located here .
You can either take a bus or by taxi to reach Sabah Museum.
For bus, you have to take bus no.13 with fares RM2.00 and if you are using the taxi as transportation, you have to pay around RM10.00 – RM15.00 (one way). Make sure you know how to negotiate, as most of the taxi driver usually asked the tourist to pay more.

Admission Fee

• Malaysian Guests – RM2.00
• Non-Malaysian Guests – RM15.00

Malaysians only:

• Students in uniform – Free
• Disabled Guests – Free
• Senior Guests – Free
• Taxi Drivers – Free

There are 4 buildings for you to discover.

Main Building
The Main Building is designed after a customary Rungus longhouse; inside are the Ethnography, Natural History, Ceramics, Archeology and History Galleries that showcase the rich and different society and history of Sabah. The Main Building also consist of the Marble Hall for any temporary exhibitions by the museum.

Science and Technology Center
Located on the left side of the main building, is the Science and Technology Center where it is divided into three exhibitions halls:
• Oil and gas production in Sabah
• Broadcasting in Sabah
• North Borneo Railway.

Heritage Village
The Heritage Village is located in the Ethno Botanical Gardens in Sabah Museum Complex.
Heritage Village allows guests the opportunity to see some of Sabah’s traditional home in a small area.
Among them is the Bajau’s traditional house where the house was transformed complete with wedding throne,
Murut longhouse where it is one of the most visited traditional house here because it is build with lansaran (trampoline) where travelers can experience the excitement when on lansaran.
Other than that, Sabah Museum also a Chinese farm house with earthen floors, Bamboo House and the House of Skulls.
Some houses have put traditional vendors selling traditional jewelry items by the Murut, Rungus, and Kadazan Dusun.

Ethnobotanical Garden
If you have any interest in plant, you can go and visit Ethnobotical Garden where here you can take a look at commercial, medicinal, ritual and food and ornamental plants make up the well-planned gardens of the Sabah Museum. A Montane Garden also graces the grounds of the Museum.

Opening hours
Open daily from 9.00 am to 5.00pm (they also open on weekends as well as on Public Holiday)

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