Brooke(English) Architecture in Kuching

Formerly the courthouse for Sarawak’s Chinese Community, this colonial-era building was built in 1912. In 1993, this building was converted to the Chinese History Museum. Currently this museum houses a small collection of Kuching’s numerous Chinese groups. This collection offers visitors fascinating insights into the development and evolution of Sarawak’s Chinese Community.

The Square Tower

Built in 1879 as a detention camp for prisoners, the square tower was later converted into a fortress and then a dance hall. Today it is a multimedia information centre and video theatre providing information on Sarawak's tourist 

 It was built in 1879 as a fortress, fortunately never fired a shot in anger, unlike its wooden predecessor which was burnt down in the 1857 gold miners’ rebellion.

I love the Round Tower of Kuching.

It was constructed in 1886 and no one really knows why it was built. Was it meant to be a fort in case of emergency?

Later it was used as a dispensary and then it housed the Labour Department until 1980.

It was later used as part of the Judiciary Deparment.

It is now a handicraft centre for tourists and locals to visit.