You may wonder how did Kuching City got its name. Kuching means cat in Malay language. In those days, it is possible that cats were abundant along the Sarawak river bank thus it was named Kuching.
In 1839, James Brooke - the first White Rajah of Sarawak - referred to the town as Kuching which might suggest to an old word Cochin or port, as in India or Indochina.
In 1870s, there was a river running through it known as 'Sungai Kuching' as it passed through a hill where was a large growth of fruit trees locally known as 'Mata Kuching'/Isau/Green Longan (Dimocarpus Longan). Thus, it's settled that in 1876 the town became officially known as Kuching - facts taken from the Cat Museum brochure.
The Cat Museum is under the management of Kuching North City Hall, located on the ground floor of the KNCH building.
The Cat Museum has four main galleries and exhibits more than 4,000 cat artifacts including paintings, memorabilias and others from all over the world.
Entrance is free. Unlike any other museum, the Cat Museum allows you to take pictures with your digi-cam or video-cam but with fees of RM4.00 and RM5.00 respectively ..cool eh! CQ managed to snap-click almost 70% of the entire museum ..lols
Enjoy some of the pictures ...for true cat lovers! do visit the museum when you are in the city.
ahaaa newest addition - live mommy cat and her kitten hahaa
awwww so cute
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