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| Location | Sandakan, Sabah |
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| Coordinates | 5°50′23″N 118°06′58″E / 5.83972°N 118.11611°E |
| Type | Museum |
| Owner | Sabah Museum |
Sandakan Heritage Museum ( Malay: Muzium Warisan Sandakan) is a museum located at the 1st floor of Wisma Warisan building in Sandakan of Sabah, Malaysia. [1] The museum building is located next to the Sandakan Municipal Council and is part of the Sandakan Heritage Trail. [2]
Features
The museum sits in the 1st floor of the former British administration building for Sandakan where it showcases the pre-war and post-war history of the town. [3] Various artefacts including barter trade items, authentic office equipment in the 1920s and traditional agricultural equipment. [4] Portraits of local leaders and early scenes of the town are prominently displayed with the most eye-catching is the large wall mural of Sandakan in 1935 in the museum's hallway. [4] The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, Kansas of the United States has a relations with the museum with the digital copies of Johnson photographs related to North Borneo are returned to the museum and the authority of Sabah Museum. [5]
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The museum building as seen from outside. -
Tourist office in the building.
See also
References
- ^ "Sandakan Heritage Museum". Sabah Museum. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Sandakan Heritage Trail". Sabah Tourism. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Sandakan and Kinabatangan museums highlight east Sabah heritage". Bernama. The Sun. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Heritage – Sandakan Heritage Museum". Sabah Education Department. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Lamont Lindstrom (5 July 2017). Across the World with the Johnsons: Visual Culture and American Empire in the Twentieth Century. Taylor & Francis. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-351-57771-7.
External links
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Media related to
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