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Main Attractions
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View of Montane Ecogarden
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Sabah Museum
Ethnobotanic Gardens
The Sabah Museum Ethnobotanic Gardens also constitute the Sabah
Museum complex. The area covers 16.96 hecters of land that resembles
Sabah's rich natural forest resources, cultures and past histories.
The lush greenery houses Sabah's economic, medicinal, ornamental and
ritual ceremonial plants.
Its primary objectives are to research, dessiminate and promote
environmental education and conservation awareness to spearhead its
final goal to conserve and preserve important ethnobotanical plant
of Sabah and thereby preserves Sabah's historical, cultural and
natural heritage. Open daily from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.. The
Montane Ecogarden and Sabah Plant Heritage Centre open daily from
10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.. Closed on Fridays. Admission free. Free
parking at the main parking court. |
| Zoological Gardens
The Zoological Gardens, situated within the Ethnobotanical
Gardens, comprises various fauna such as barking deer, bird,
crocodile etc.
The Zoological Gardens been set up for the purpose of reserach,
dessiminate and promote fauna education and conservation awareness
to spearhead its final goal to conserve and preserve important fauna
of Sabah. |
Replicas of of the Sumatran
Rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens
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View of a Fisherman Village at
the Heritage Village
Rungus longhouse is one of the
traditional at the Heritage Village
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The Heritage Village
The Sabah Museum Heritage Village, situated within the
Ethnobotanical Gardens, comprises various traditional houses of
different ethnic groups in Sabah. The village and the gardens are
integrated to reflect the interelationship between man and his
environment. The Ethnobontanical Gardens consist of plants from
which are derived sources of food and ritual as well as building
materials used by the local communities. The traditional houses
depict the beauty of traditional architecture which incorporates
various cultural aspects of the ethnic groups of Sabah.
Huts which are used for daily activities or feasts as well as for
ritual ceremonies are also built in the village. One of these is a
hut which houses the human skulls. In the olden days, headhunting
was practised by some of the local communities such as the Murut and
the Kadazandusun as a symbol of bravery. Though headhunting is no
longer practised, the skulls collected from the headhunting days are
kept in a special place above the rice storage container.
These houses are furnished with artefacts to create a true
atmosphere of a typical traditional house. Cultural activities are
being held from time to time to enliven the village. |
| Kinarut Mansion
Panorama
A site museum managed by the Sabah Museum located at Kinarut
about 30 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu. It is in the form of
ruins of a Greco-Roman style mansion built on a hilltop within the
rubber estate in 1910 by the first Kinarut Rubber Estate's manager,
Mr. W.F.C. Asimont, an European. It was one of the few stone
buildings which still exists in Sabah, then North Borneo at that
time. The Kinarut Mansion Panorama was gazetted as a historical site
on 22 August 1994. |
View of the Kinarut Mansion
Panorama |
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View of the Agop Batu Tulug
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Agop Batu Tulug Museum
A site museum located at Kinabatangan about 1 1/2 hour drive from
Sandakan town. Its comprised a series of burial caves which the
local people called "agop". Its collection consists mainly of some
200 belian (hard wood) coffins dating back to 200-250 years. |
| Memorial Datu Paduka
Mat Salleh
This Memorial is located in Tibabar Village, Tambunan which is
about 80.47 km from Kota Kinabalu. The Memorial marks the site of
the Datu Paduka Mat Salleh fort which was invaded and destroyed by
the North British Armed Constabulary on the 1st February 1900. Datu
Paduka Mat Salleh was a prominent warrior in a series of uprising
against the British, 1894-1900. |
The Memorial Datu Paduka Mat
Salleh |
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The Atkinson Clock Tower
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The Atkinson Clock Tower
The Atkinson Clock Tower was built in 1902 in memory of the first
District Officer of Kota Kinabalu, Mr. Francis George Atkinson, who
died of "Borneo fever" at the age of 28 in 1902. The Clock tower was
originally illuminated at night and was used as a landmark for
shipping. Over the year the tower has undergone some renovations and
repairs. |
| The Mysterious Mengalum
Anchor
The mysterious Mengalum Anchor is located in Mengalum Island
about four hours boat ride from Kota Kinabalu is a mystery, that is
no one knows how and when it came to be lying on the island. It
appears that its earliest recorded existance was by Captain Edward
Belcher in H.M.S. Saracen's log in 1854. The wrought iron anchor is
however believed to be a Richard Pering improved anchor or Admiralty
(British) anchor, manufactured from ca. 1819 to 1845. Local reports
of the anchor, as early as 1931 described it as a "keramat"; it is
venerated by fisherfolk who assumed its supernatural powers and
which cannot be removed from the island. Therefore, it is not unsual
to see offering of rice, tobacco, eggs and other foods placed on the
anchor. |
The Mysterious Mengalum Anchor
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Tabu Dita |
Tabu Dita
"Tabu Dita" which has been described as one of the finest jar in
Borneo and display in the Ceramic Gallery at the main building of
Sabah Musuem. It is 130 centimeter tall. The white body has a design
incorporating six different colours with traditional, famciful and
natural patterns of the Chinese art style. Prominent is the
beautiful executed phoenix, fung-huang (Chinese) or ho ho bird
(Japanese) stylised from a pheasant or peacock for the Empress of
China. It is said that phoenix presides over the south and thus is a
symbol of the warmth of the summer and the sun and has the human
virtures of righteousness, decorum, humanity, sincerity and wisdom.
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