Te Umanibong, Local museum in Bikenibeu, Kiribati.

Te Umanibong, also called the Kiribati Cultural Museum, is the country's only museum, standing on a 1.5-hectare site in central Bikenibeu on Tarawa. Its main building measures about 20 by 15 metres, with two smaller structures alongside. Displays cover mwaneabas, pandanus basketry, dance costumes, fishing and a small Second World War section; the name uma ni bong means "house of stars" in Kiribati.

The museum grew from the Tungavalu Society, which was founded in 1973 to document local history and heritage. The current building was constructed in 1991 with support from New Zealand.

The name Te Umanibong means "house of stars" in the Kiribati language. The museum displays the material culture of Kiribati under themes including mwaneabas, pandanus basketry, dance costumes and fishing. A mwaneaba stands in the grounds beside the building, not inside it, and the grounds also hold a botanic garden focused on medicinal plants.

The museum stands on a 1.5-hectare site in central Bikenibeu, on the atoll of Tarawa; the land was drained and reclaimed behind a sea wall built for the project. The main building measures about 20 by 15 metres, with two smaller structures alongside it. The mwaneaba and the botanic garden are in the grounds, outside the main building.

The museum grounds feature a specialized botanical garden dedicated to native medicinal plants, showing how people traditionally made medicine. This garden preserves knowledge that might otherwise be forgotten and demonstrates practical connections between plants and healing.