Visiting a museum - why not?

Our collection of photo images of museum artefacts is growing! Sooner I think I and my husband can design a mini-mouse version of PACS so that we can retrieve and view the images, and also can add-in information related to these artefacts. Then we can have our own version of virtual mini museum that consists of images of these artefacts and also places, people and culture that we have encountered during our visit to these places. Call us old geeks or what! But visiting a museum is the best learning experience one can have to learn about culture, history, economic and social aspects of a particular society. A museum according to ICOM (International Council of Museums) is '"a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. (...)"

I recalled our funny experience after our visit to the Melbourne Museum few years back. We didn't expect to see the famous Australian Neighbours soap opera history to be displayed also in the museum. Until now, I also did not aware that 'many UK visitors come to Melbourne for tours of filming locations of soap opera Neighbours' as claim in the wikitravel. Wow, now there is also an official service to offer 'The Neighbours Tour' to visitors - check here!

Around my husband hometown, Kuching - Sarawak (the Cat City), the Sarawak Museum is the best place to get a preview about the culture of the Sarawakian native. The old museum building was built by the White Rajah in 1891. The entrance to the museum is free, and the museum displays are quite interesting for foreigners especially to learn about the Sarawakian Dayak's culture . The display of the tattoo design and artefacts will be interesting to some of you! The Iban Tattoo design is particularly popular. Overall, it is worth to visit this museum if you happen to visit Kuching.

I only have the old photos - 'zaman cintan cintun' - to show you about these places, so please bear with me!

As for the 'CAT MUSEUM', I think now also there is still no entrance fee to visit this place. For someone who is looking for some ancient artefacts related to cat, then don't waste your time to linger around this place. For a truly cat lover, you probably gain lotsa information about cats via the information and photo displays. The garfield toys, cat replica and statue etc can be fun for kids though. The local is proud of this place because Kuching = Cat, and therefore this museum - its name particularly - is related to the Kuching City of Sarawak.

Then, another place is the Sarawak Cultural Village. It is a truly a living museum because you can enjoy and experience the Sarawak Long House (part of the identity of Bidayuh, Iban, Orang Ulu and Melanau societies).