Sarawak State Museum, Museum in Kuching, Malaysia

Sarawak State Museum is a rectangular brick building, 44 by 160 feet, in Queen Anne style, with galleries lit by dormer windows in the roof. Its ground floor holds mounted Sarawak fauna and, in the west wing, a Shell-sponsored petroleum exhibit; the first floor shows longhouse models, musical instruments, traps, handicrafts and boat models.

The building was founded in 1888 and opened to the public in 1891, making it one of Sarawak's oldest cultural institutions. During World War II, a Japanese officer protected its collections from damage and theft when the territory was under occupation.

The first floor holds ethnographic artifacts of Sarawak's indigenous peoples: models of longhouses, musical instruments, fish and animal traps, handicrafts and boat models. The museum's journal, first published in 1911 under editor John Moulton, records the history, natural history and ethnology of Borneo.

The old wing is a rectangular brick building of 44 by 160 feet, entered from Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg; the Borneo Cultures Museum stands nearby, linked to it by a pedestrian bridge over the road. Galleries are lit by dormer windows in the roof, so the upper floor holds the ethnographic displays and the ground floor the natural history specimens. The old museum closed on 23 October 2017 for refurbishment and its reopening has been delayed.

The building blends European design with Queen Anne style through its rectangular forms and dormer windows that flood the galleries with natural light. This architectural mix reflects the region's diverse colonial influences and remains unusual for Southeast Asian museums of its era.