Borneo Cultures Museum overtook Louvre by 218 votes at the time of writing.

Image credit: Borneo Cultures Museum (Facebook)

The Borneo Cultures Museum (BCM) has climbed to the top of the global online voting leaderboard on the Museum World Ranking website, overtaking the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris in total votes received.

As of November 4, BCM holds the No. 1 spot with 4,245 votes, ahead of the Louvre, which is currently in second place with 4,027 votes, according to the latest update on museumworldranking.net.

The remaining museums in the top 10 list in the “By Voting” category are:

  • National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico – 4,008 votes
  • National Palace Museum, Chinese Taipei – 3,993 votes
  • Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain – 3,917 votes
  • Getty Center, United States – 3,713 votes
  • Art Institute of Chicago, United States – 3,435 votes
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science, United States – 3,003 votes
  • Le Gallerie degli Uffizi, Italy – 2,605 votes
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Canada – 2,352 votes

This milestone marks a significant achievement for Malaysia’s largest museum and the second largest in Southeast Asia, which has rapidly gained international acclaim since its opening in March 2022.

The five-storey museum celebrates Sarawak’s rich cultural heritage through immersive, interactive, and thematic galleries, making it a must-visit destination for both local and international visitors.

Since its launch, BCM has attracted visitors from over 150 countries, recording more than 1.35 million visitors as of mid-2025, according to data released by Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah in June this year.

BCM made its debut on the Museum World Ranking platform this year, placing 305th out of 413 museums worldwide, as shared in a Facebook post by the museum on October 22.

In the same post, BCM expressed pride in being one of only three Malaysian museums featured on the global ranking – alongside the National Museum and the National Textile Museum in Kuala Lumpur – and encouraged the public to show support by casting their votes at museumworldranking.net.

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Source: The Borneo Post