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            | INTRODUCTION 
 The  DBKU Cat Museum is the first museum of its kind in the world. It is managed by Kuching North City Hall and has collection of Cat artefacts acquired from the National Museum which displayed them in one of its galleries in Kuala Lumpur. These collections were bought to Kuching City by the Sarawak Museum and displayed for the first time on 1st August 1988 at the Dewan Tun Abdul Razak.    The idea to set up the ‘Cat Museum’ in Kuching which is Malay world for cat was first mooted by none other than the Honourable Chief Minister of Sarawak, Pehin Sri Hj. Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife Datuk Amar Puan Sri Dr. Hajah Laila Taib. The collections were officially handed over to Kuching North City Hall on the completing of DBKU Headquarters buildingin 1992, in which the museum is situated.   
   LOCATION   
   The museum is housed on the Lobby Floor of Kuching North City Hall Headquarters on the top of Bukit Siol (Siol Hill) at Jalan Semariang, Petra Jaya, Kuching. It stands 60 meters above sea level overlooking the picturesque view of Kuching City.   The Cat Museum covers an area of 1,035 sq. meters comprising four galleries with over 4,000 artificats including paintings and memoriable.   OPENING HOURS :
   MONDAY - SUNDAY : 9.00am - 4.30pm (EXCEPT PUBLIC HOLIDAY)  
   
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   Gallery A   
          Santubong (The First Capital of Sarawak)     How      Kuching City got its Name?     Kuching      City Gallery     VIP      Gallery     Uptown      Cat Contemporary Exhibition     Kuching      festival Mascot     Introduction      About Cats          Cats in Malay Community          Cats in Chinese Community          Cats in Orang Ulu Community     Cats in Iban Community          Maneki-Neko (Beckoning Cats)          Cats in Japanese Community          Satoru Tsuda’s Cat Pictures Collection     Cat Photograph Kiosk     Cat Souvenirs Kisok   Gallery B   
          Arched-Back Cats          Cats Fight          Cats in Ancient Egypt     Cat      Walk     Cat      Nap      Cats at Play          Thomas Stearns Elliot          Catfish          Nakahoma Minoru’s Cat Painting          Cats in Orient Art           Cats in Modern Western Art          Cats in Stamp     Cats in Medieval Art     Jane Yap Jian Yi’s Collection     Black Cat     Cat and Fox   
   Gallery C   
          Five Age of Cat          Cat’s Cemetery     Lifting      and Carrying     Cat in Action     Cats      Whiskers          Cats’ Eye          Cats in Cards     Cats in Theatre     Various      Types of the Breeds     Veterinary Care     Cat      cave     Stray Cats     Souvenirs      from The Cat Lovers     Malaysian Cats          Cats in Music          Cats in Advertising    The Malay Proverbs In Relation To The      Cat Family          Cats in Medieval Period   Gallery D   
     Dr. Betty Jamie Ching,s Cat      Collection          Garfield Goods Collection     Cat      In Comic     Hello Kitt’s Collection     Children’s Corner     Cat      as Companion     3D      Cat Pictures Collection          Sarawak Cat and Wild Cat of Borneo Gallery          Uptown Cat Contemporary Exhibition          Gifts from Cat Lovers   
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