Museums galore in Sarawak as six more to open this year

via Borneo Post, 15 February 2023: The Sarawak Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts is creating six new museums as part of their plans to show the world the area’s diverse heritage.

Sarawak will see the opening of six museums this year as the state government aims to show the world its diverse heritage, said Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

The Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts said the six museums are the Brooke Dockyard Industrial Heritage Museum, Santubong Archaeological Park, the Wallace Centre, Limbang Museum, Rumah Sri Aman Gallery, and the old Sarawak Museum where content development works will be ongoing.

“The Sarawak Museum Department will however open the old Sarawak Museum building for tours starting March this year,” he said during the Sarawak Museum Department’s appreciation and bonding night here yesterday.

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