The Ranee Museum — Attraction in Sarawak

Overall 4/5: Small but informative, recommended time spend : 20-30 minutes.

Entrance fees: RM 10 per pax, recommend to get the Explorer Pass with Fort Margherita included, refers the official website for more information.

This museum is one of the smallest but chargeble museum we have visited. Logically can finish within 5 minutes. But if you really slow down and spend time to read, you'll be walking out with better understanding of this Sarawak icon. We are not museum fans, but we kinda enjoy our time spent here. It is interesting to learn how Margaret Ranee transformed her life from someone being exile to the well-respected Queen of Sarawak. More so at the olden days she lives in. The artifacts are well maintained, and the displays do tell...

We had a great experience at The Ranee Museum. It was so interesting to read about the influence of the Ranee rather than her husband (there is a whole other amazing gallery for that - The Brooke Gallery). The Ranee Museum tastefully and informatively follows her from a young child, through to meeting her husband, their move to Sarawak and then how she became a much loved part of the Sarawakian community. Really interesting with some amazing and priceless artefacts. Location wise it is walking distance from the Main Bazaar and there is an amazing restaurant with great coffee - what else...

Well made exhibition that was interesting and enjoyable, portraying the Ranee of Sarawak. I missed a few details on why she spent only a few years there - the exhibition implicitly made it sound different but some timelines of her life were given as well - and maybe a more nuanced narration besides the almost gushingly positive stance the museum offers. No doubt an impressive woman but it felt it was lacking the full picture. RM 20 was on the high side for the small museum but you can buy a combo ticket for RM30 to learn more about the...