KUCHING: The new Sarawak Museum complex costing RM308 million will be completed by the middle of next year.
Director of Sarawak Museum Department Ipoi Datan said that it will be opened to the public by the end of 2020.
“Once completed, it will be an iconic landmark in the city,” he said during the 8th General Conference of ASEMUS (Asia-Europe Museum Network) welcoming dinner at Plaza Merdeka Hotel here on Wednesday.
The construction on the project started in May 2015.
Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah in his speech text read by Ipoi, said that it was a privilege for Sarawak to host the 8th General Conference of ASEMUS which had gathered international speakers and participants to exchange their ideas and experience on ‘New Curatorial Perspectives for a Changed World’.
The conference held from November 14 to 16 at The Waterfront Hotel here had attracted 120 participants from 17 countries in Asia and Europe.
This is the first time the General Conference of ASEMUS (Asia-Europe Museum Network) is being held in Kuching and Malaysia.
Titled ‘New Curatorial Perspectives for a Changed World’, the conference presents an international line-up of speakers from European and Asian Museums to present their perspectives, experiences and best practices on the ground as well as offer participants practical insights into how their museum can respond and adapt.
Also present at the dinner was the Chair of ASEMUS and Director of Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore Kennie Ting.
The conference is organised by the Sarawak Museum Department and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports in partnership with ASEMUS and Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF).
