Built in 1879 by Rajah Charles Brooke and named for his wife, Ranee Margaret, Fort Margherita stands guard on the north bank of the Sarawak River — a whitewashed, castle-like fortress that once watched for pirates sailing upriver toward Kuching.
Today it houses the Brooke Gallery, which tells the extraordinary story of the White Rajahs — the English family that ruled Sarawak as a private kingdom for a century — through artefacts, documents and the fort's own ramparts, which still offer one of the best views over the waterfront and the city skyline.
