Sandakan Heritage Museum

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Sandakan Heritage Museum
Muzium Warisan Sandakan
Sandakan Sabah OldGovernmentBuilding-04.jpg
Sandakan Heritage Museum
Location Sandakan, Sabah
Coordinates 5°50′23″N118°06′58″E / 5.83972°N 118.11611°E / 5.83972; 118.11611
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]

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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]

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