[3] Through the ensuing conflicts, Mat Salleh together with around 1,000 indigenous Dusun and 300 Bajau were killed on 31 January 1900 with the fort were entirely destroyed by continuous shelling.

[3] Mat Sator however survived and on 28 April 1900, they gathered around 300–400 followers and moving north to attack the British settlement in Kudat.

Despite managing to overtake the settlement, they were soon overwhelmed by the counter-attack of the British and Mat Sator was finally killed in action.

[1][4][5] The museum exhibits various photographs and a host of local handicrafts and samples of varieties of bamboo species native to the Tambunan District.

[2] Photos of Sabah's iconic artistes and athletes (including the late Gabuh Piging), a Tambunan-born triple jumper who represented North Borneo in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia are also among the exhibits.