JABATAN MUZIUM SARAWAK: PERKEMBANGAN SEBELUM DAN SELEPAS MERDEKA.

Museum is a reflection of the civilization from a country in the aspects of heritage, culture, tradition, economy, politic and social. Museum functions as to store and conserve cultural objects that have significance and value in term of forming the identity of a country. The Sarawak museum has been standing for a century and act as a silent witness to the various changes in culture, history, politic, including social within the state. Therefore, this paperwork emphasized on the histories of Sarawak museum since the Brooke's administration until the modern Malaysia. The methodology of this paper applied the qualitative approach by interviewing multiple curators at the Sarawak museum department and reference through secondary data obtained by books and journals as to support the research. The research findings focus on the difference and renewal in the development phase of the Sarawak museum department throughout the year. The roles of the curator and the contribution to the Sarawak state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]