Sabah State Museum

Good experience, and a lot of information. I bring my kid there, and he is so amazed to see the huge skeleton at the entrance. They display Sabah's cultural costume too, and its very good to know all the detail.

Sadly, it's quite in a sorry stage as slightly more than the quarter of the Museum is under renovation I believe but probably won't be any continuation to finish. The only highlight is the Bryde Whale skeletal and also the surrounding area where you can see the tribal houses. Would love to visit again but there is much more improvement to be made here to attract tourists.

Visited local village 'kampung houses' which brought back memories of my grandma's house in Kampung Sembulan. We used to run around in the compound playing 'police and theft' or 'masak, masak' (cooking). Lots of us used to sleep in one room during school holidays on bunk beds or on the floor and it was fun. I'm glad they built these traditional houses to show how 'kampung' people used to live, a simple life with minimum amenities. It would have been more interesting if the museum included an exhibition on the type of games which children used to play during that time.

Interesting museum & and the tickets are cheap. But I just don't like the cold shoulder given by the aunty (cashier) in the souvenir shop located besides the ticket counter. She didn't even smile or greet us as customers, she even stood besides us all the time with grim face and without a single word, more like she wanted us to leave. Very poor attitude to show to tourists. For improvement please smile more, greet customers, explain to customers whatever merchandise you sell in there if possible. The museum is very recommended👍🏻, but not the souvenir shop 👎🏻.

Featuring many Interesting individual artifacts, it is well worth a visit. Not the kind of museum that creates a narrative, nor does it have much breadth, but there's plenty to engage visitors. The outdoor "village” of traditional homes is also worth visiting, though more interpretive information would be welcome.

Just a heads up that the museum is under repairs. Access for those with limited mobility is difficult or nonexistent.

Architecturally the museum is very interesting, with what appeared to be native designs incorporated into the building. There are no docents or audio guides available. It is a museum with great potential that appears to be severely neglected.

That being said, what is on display is impressive. The native woven fabrics, cultural objects, the culture of head hunting, and other displays related to local cultural practices are highly informative. The displays on bobohizans could be more detailed, but it was a good introduction. They displayed real skulls from head hunting days.

There are many missed opportunities here, especially considering the cultural and ecological richness of Sabah. The museum should be chock-a-block with displays related to Sabah. Instead, they chose to prioritize a display of a whale’s bones in the middle of the museum. The English language placards for the displays could use better writing because of many textual and grammatical errors.

Whole new experience.. even the skull is real. And the ethnic house is well preserved . It's clean and spacious enough for a lot of visitors.