Sabah's premier cultural institution occupies a sprawling hilltop complex near Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The main building houses tribal artifacts, ritual objects, and Borneo's natural history across six galleries, while a heritage village on the grounds reconstructs traditional dwellings from the state's main ethnic groups. The botanical garden and Science and Technology Center round out a visit that easily fills half a day.
Sabah State Museum
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Among the six galleries is one dedicated to Borneo's petroleum history — it traces how oil transformed Sabah from a remote colonial backwater into a significant producing region, using photographs and equipment dating back to the 1950s.