Keningau Heritage Museum Explained

Keningau Heritage Museum
Native Name:Muzium Warisan Keningau
Native Name Lang:ms
Coordinates:5.3457°N 116.158°W
Location:Keningau, Sabah
Type:Museum
Owner:Sabah Museum

Keningau Heritage Museum (Malay: Muzium Warisan Keningau) is a museum located at Mahathir Park in Keningau of Sabah, Malaysia.[1]

History

The museum is located in a former Government Rest House that was built by the Borneo Construction Company Ltd. during the administration of British Crown Colony government in 1946 and completed the following year.[1] Both Malaysia's Prime Ministers of Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak had both visited and stayed in the house before. In 2008, the house were officially turned into a museum.[1]

Features

The museum features local indigenous culture and heritage, history, zoology, ethno-botany, Islamic civilisation as well sports.[1] On 9 September 2018, the Keningau Oath Stone were officially relocated into the museum area.[2] [3] [4] The museum is one of the main tourism attractions in Sabah.[5] In 2015, a former Aussie soldier who had married and stayed in Sabah with local indigenous native spouse donates historical items to the museum.[6]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Keningau Heritage Museum. Sabah Museum. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190625032209/http://www.museum.sabah.gov.my/?q=content%2Fkeningau-heritage-museum. 25 June 2019. dead.
  2. Web site: Ritual to mark the relocation of Batu Sumpah. Johan Aziz. Daily Express. 24 July 2018. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190625033840/http://dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=126009. 25 June 2019. dead.
  3. Web site: Sabah moves historic Oath Stone into Keningau museum. Bernama. The Malay Mail. 9 September 2018. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190625033549/https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2018/09/09/sabah-moves-historic-oath-stone-into-keningau-museum/1670943. 25 June 2019. dead.
  4. Web site: A home for oath stone at last. The Star. 12 September 2018. 25 June 2019.
  5. Web site: 108,000 pelancong kunjungi Keningau sejak Jan-Okt. 108,000 tourists visiting Keningau since Jan-Oct. Rizalmi Liman. ms. New Sabah Times. 22 October 2018. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190625034209/http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/27374. 25 June 2019. dead.
  6. Web site: Ex-Aussie soldier donates historical items to Keningau Museum. The Borneo Post. 25 March 2015. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035224/https://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/25/ex-aussie-soldier-donates-historical-items-to-keningau-museum/. 25 June 2019. dead.

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