Kuching Cat Museum
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Kuching Cat Museum is a cat museum in Kuching city of Malaysia. It was founded in 1993. There are 2000 exhibits, artifacts, statues about cats from all over the world. According to Malaysian and Chinese beliefs, the cat is a lucky animal. The museum covers an area of 1,035.9 square meters in a hill overviewing Kuching city called Bukit Siol. In 1987, the first cat show took place in Kuala Lumpur. On 1st August the same exhibition took place in Kuching when the city was referred to as "Cat City". Many cat lovers come here year after year. It is a wonderful sight to see all these beautiful cat statues lined up one after another.