Museum

Petroleum Museum
Miri opened a petroleum museum to preserve the city's roots as an oil and gas city. Petroleum Museum is just beside the Grand Old Lady. Being the first oil well in Malaysia, the Grand Old Lady was built in 1910. The Petroleum Museum was built at the site of "The Grand Old Lady", Miri's first producing rig and is situated at Canada Hill with a view of Miri and the coast. The project was undertaken by the Sarawak Museums Department with Petronas and Sarawak Shell Berhad, an ‘Earth Breaking Ceremony' was formally done by YB Tan Sri Dr. George Chan on 25 April 2003 and was only opened in 2005. The concept of the Museum is interactive-oriented which enable visitors to interact with the advanced devices. Visitors may also enjoy the exhibitions and view the entire artifact displayed. 

Opening Hours :
Admission : Free
Monday & Public Holidays : Closed
Tuesday – Sunday : 9.00am – 5.00pm (4.30pm Last Entry)
Friday : 9.00am – 12.00pm (12.00pm – 2.00pm Closed)
            : 2.00pm – 5.00pm (4.30pm Last Entry)

Baram Regional Museum
This museum was officially opened in 1997. It is housed at Fort Hose, which stands on the top of the hill overlooking the Baram river. The Fort was built in 1898, it was burnt down in 1994 and was rebuilt on the exact site according to its original design and architecture and later on upon its completion it was declared officially as a museum. The exhibits in this Museum comprise historical and cultural artifacts belonging to the various ethnic groups living in the area. Also on display are their economic and other general activities. 

Opening Hours :
Admission : Free
Monday & 1st Day of Public Holidays : Closed
Tuesday – Friday : 9.00am – 4.45pm
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays : 10.00am - 4.00pm

Niah Archeology Museum
This museum is situated close to the archaeology sites of the Niah Cave, in Miri Division. It is around four kilometers to the Park headquarters and the caves. This Museum exhibits the pre-historical artifacts and culture of the area. The publics are also able to see the display of the way of life of the people, which inhabited Niah Cave thousands of years ago. The archaeological record is also extremely rich, and provides insights into the way of life (and trade patterns) of the cave's inhabitants and users, and how they changed over the millennia. 

The most important discovery of the original excavations was a human skull, the so-called 'Deep Skull', which is about 43,000-44,000 years old. This is the earliest evidence of modern man in Southeast Asia, and a major piece in the jigsaw puzzle of the pattern of the peopling of Australasia. (The find caused a sensation at the time – no one believed Southeast Asia to have been inhabited by modern man that long ago.) The digs also showed that the cave has been used on-and-off by humans (with differing degrees of intensity) ever since then. The archaeological record is also extremely rich, and provides insights into the way of life (and trade patterns) of the cave's inhabitants and users, and how they changed over the millennia. 

Opening Hours :
Admission : Free
Monday & 1st Day of Public Holidays : Closed
Tuesday – Friday : 9.00am – 4.45pm
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays : 10.00am - 4.00pm

Official Link :
http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my