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The Indonesia Museum (Indonesian: Museum Indonesia), is an anthropology and ethnological museum located in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), Jakarta, Indonesia. [1] The museum is concentrated on arts and cultures of various ethnic groups that inhabit Indonesian archipelago and formed the modern nation of Indonesia .
The museum's pottery and ceramics collections in particular is quite remarkable, with a Chinese ceramics collection that includes pieces dating from the time of the Han (2nd century BC) to that of the Qing (18th century), complemented with ceramics from neighbouring Southeast Asian countries as well as local Indonesian pottery. It is the ...
The museum collection and library continued to grow, and in 1862 the government built, in the center of New Batavia, what is now the National Museum, the previous building is now Wayang Museum in Jakarta Old Town. The whole collection was transferred to the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in 1962.
The museum was constructed over three years from 2012 to 2015, [4] and was initially one of the units managed by the Betawi Cultural Village management body. [1] [5] On July 30, 2017, the museum was officially opened and made available for public visits during the 11th Betawi Lebaran celebration, attended by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Jakarta History Museum has a collection of around 23,500 objects, some of them inherited from de Oude Bataviasche Museum (now the Wayang Museum). The collection includes objects from the Dutch East Indies Company , historic maps, paintings, ceramics, furnitures, and archeological objects from the prehistoric era such as ancient inscriptions and ...
The museum is the first in Indonesia to have a collection of modern and contemporary Indonesian and international art. [2] [3] It has a floor area of 7,107 m 2 (76,500 sq ft) with display area of about 4,000 m 2 (43,000 sq ft). [4] The museum is included in a list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places 2018 released by Time magazine. [5]
A diorama inside Fort Vredeburg museum. The museum includes collections of old photographs, historical objects and replicas. A diorama portraying Indonesia's journey for independence is also displayed in the museum. The original design included 93 of these diorama showcases, however when the museum opened in 1992, only 30 of them were finished.
The museum displays models of fishing boats and other maritime objects from different parts of Indonesia. The museum also exhibits the celebrated Pinisi schooners of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, which at present make up one of the last sea-going sailing fleets in the world. [2] In January 2018, much of the museum was destroyed by a fire. [3]