Muzium Warisan Keningau | |
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| Established | 2008 |
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| Location | Keningau, Sabah |
| Coordinates | 5°20′44.58″N116°09′28.83″E / 5.3457167°N 116.1580083°E |
| 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]
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]
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]
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