Cat Museum Kuching Sarawak Borneo

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Kuching or rather City of Kuching is the capital of the state names Sarawak in the East Malaysia and is also one of the largest city in the Island of Borneo. Kuching was named after a tidal stream called Kuching River (Sungai Kuching) that ran between the present-day Tua Pek Kong Temple, and Chinese History Museum. The stream originated from Cat’s Eye Hill (Bukit Mata Kuching) where there was an abundance of a local fruit called Green Longan which was also known as Cat’s Eye or Mata Kuching in Malay.

Kuching is famous for many huge museums such as the Sarawak Museum and the Dewan Tun Abdul Razak Hall Sarawak Museum but the Cat Museum on Bukit Siol, Jalan Semariang, Petra Jaya, Kuching, Sarawak is a much more interesting museum. This is said to be the World’s first Cat Museum and it contains more than 2,000 cat artifacts and memorabilia from all over the world. The Cat Museum is open daily (except Monday) from 9am to 5pm. There are no entrance fees to the Cat Museum, but if you are interested to take photographs or any video shoting, there is a minimum payment required. Any sort of photography tool such as a digital camera are at RM4, camera phones are at RM3 and Videography can be done at RM5.

Cat Museum Kuching on Bukit Siol in Sarawak Borneo

Cat Museum Kuching on Bukit Siol in Sarawak Borneo

Entrance to the Cat Museum in Kuching

The gallery was officially opened for display on 1 August 1988, when Kuching was proclaimed as a Cat City. Prior to that, the cat artifacts were displayed in one of the galleries at the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur. This was then transfered to the Dewan Tun Abdul Razak Hall in Kuching in 1988 and in 1993 it was officially moved to it’s permanent location at the Cat Museum. The Cat Museum is under the management of Kuching North City Hall and is located on top of a hill called “Bukit Siol” which stands 60 meters above and you’ll get a beautiful view of Kuching City from here.

Getting to the Cat Museum is pretty easy. It’s only about 10 minutes drive away from the Kuching Town and there are proper signs to this area. If you do not see the sign for Cat Museum, you may also follow DBKU (Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara). You’ll need to head towards Jalan Semariang at Petra jaya. There are plenty parking space on top of the hill which is surrounded with a beautiful park. Parking outside the DBKU building is free of charge, but if you choose to park inside the building, there will be charges.

The Cat Museum itself holds many interesting history about cats. There are even real stuffed cats here and you’ll be meeting famous cats such as Garfield, Felix, Hello Kitty and many more. You’ll also experience how cat is used in advertising and movies, one famous play Cats can also be read about here. One section is reserved for all kind of foods for cats, Whiskers, Friskies, ProDiet and so on. You’ll also get to see how cats were used on advertising materials, stamps, postcards, posters, clothings etc. At the end of your journey, you can purchase some of the souvenirs that are available there in the forms of cats (keychains, stationaries and so on).

Great for photography at the Cat Museum

Cat Statues at the Cat Museum Kuching

Cat Statues at the Cat Museum Kuching

Cat Statues at the Cat Museum Kuching

Cat Pendant at the Cat Museum Kuching

Cat keychain at the Cat Museum Kuching

Cat Stamps at the Cat Museum Kuching

Cat and Rats at the Cat Museum

Jane Yap Jian Yi's Collection

Jane Yap Jian Yi's Collection

A Cat's Tomb

Cat Gallery at the Cat Museum Kuching

Cats in Comics

Cats in Comics

Garfield

Souvenir Stalls at the Cat Museum

Cat Tattoos

CAT MUSEUM UNIT
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC RELATION DIVISION
KUCHING NORTH CITY HALL
Bukit Siol, Jalan Semariang, Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia.
Tel : 082-446688 Ext. 805  Fax : 082-44641