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The Sabah Museum is the state museum of Sabah, set on 17 hectares at Bukit Istana Lama in Kota Kinabalu. Founded in 1965 in a shophouse on Gaya Street, it moved to this complex in 1984; besides the main building, whose galleries have been closed to visitors since September 2024, it has an Islamic civilisation museum, a locomotive gallery and a heritage village.
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religious building · Kota Kinabalu Sabah State Mosque is the state mosque of Sabah, standing at the Sembulan roundabout on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kota Kinabalu. Built from 1970 to 1975 to a design led by Baharuddin Abu Kassim of Architects Team 3, it was opened on 28 June 1977, holds 5,000 worshippers and is an active place of prayer.
Free entryNo ticket needed
religious building · Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu City Mosque, Masjid Bandaraya, stands on the shore of Likas Bay and is partly surrounded by an artificial lagoon, which gives it the nickname 'the Floating Mosque'. Opened in 2000 with room for 12,000 worshippers, it has a blue and gold dome and a design based on the Prophet's Mosque in Medina; non-Muslims may visit outside prayer times in modest dress.
Free entryNo ticket needed
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