Exploring the many Borneo Cultures

We headed into the city today to spend a few hours in the Borneo Cultures Museum. The traffic wasn't great getting in due to some roadworks. Once in town, we grabbed some lunch at the Ceylonese Restaurant to try the best cheese naan in town.






Alvin joined us for the day as it was his day off



After lunch, we spent 3 hours exploring 4 of the 5 levels of the museum, starting from the 5th floor, where we had lovely views of the city


The tall tower is the civic centre



The top three floors had a theme, and each of these had 4 sections.

Level 5







Interactive display showing the trade routes



Woven baskets and mats of the Bidayuh



Beads of a wedding dress


Sunhats and a baby carrier


Interactive display of different scents - perfumes etc



Ann's photo looking down one of the voids in the museum


Level 4



Interactive display showing the History of Sarawak


The current flag




An interactive display over a large book that you could turn the digital pages ... this page is of the year of Linda's birth


Level 3

Time changes gallery










Ann's picture showing the top of the Kelirieng (Death poles) where the coffin is placed on the platform






Heidi is trying to put a tattoo on her arm in a digital interactive activity



Ann's photo of the highland long house exhibit


Interactive displays were at the end of each floor's gallery.


Second-floor Art gallery


Playing in the Children's gallery







Linda finally got to take a picture of this gorgeous garden, which we keep driving past, that is often used for wedding photos




Comments

  1. Ron B26 June 2025 at 16:09

    The Cultural Museum looked very interesting. Not sure about the cheese naan!!

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    1. Heidi McKellar27 June 2025 at 09:37

      It was our first cheese for a while so we really enjoyed it :)

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  2. Anonymous27 June 2025 at 20:56

    The tattoo one should be improved. I couldn’t get any on my body! Haha

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