Sandakan Heritage Museum Explained

Sandakan Heritage Museum
Native Name:Muzium Warisan Sandakan
Native Name Lang:ms
Coordinates:5.8397°N 118.1161°W
Location:Sandakan, Sabah
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]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Sandakan Heritage Museum. Sabah Museum. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626034747/http://www.museum.sabah.gov.my/?q=content/sandakan-heritage-museum. 26 June 2019. dead.
  2. Web site: Sandakan Heritage Trail. Sabah Tourism. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626034807/https://www.sabahtourism.com/activity/sandakan-heritage-trail/. 26 June 2019. dead.
  3. Web site: Sandakan and Kinabatangan museums highlight east Sabah heritage. Bernama. The Sun. 13 October 2015. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626034833/https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/1579852-ASARCH333013. 26 June 2019. dead.
  4. Web site: Heritage – Sandakan Heritage Museum. Sabah Education Department. 25 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626034847/http://www.sabah.edu.my/itma018/Attaction%20&%20Activity/Heritage%20%20Sandakan%20Heritage%20Museum.htm. 26 June 2019. dead.
  5. Book: Lamont Lindstrom. Across the World with the Johnsons: Visual Culture and American Empire in the Twentieth Century. 5 July 2017. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-351-57771-7. 260.