National Museum Educational Outings
Indonesia's Largest and Finest Museum
Gambir
Jakarta,
10110
Indonesia
+62 21 381 2346
+62 21 381 1076
http://www.museumnasional.org/
museumnasional@indo.com
Transport Options:
Train Available: Stasiun Gambir
Overview
The Batavian Society of the Arts and Sciences was established on this site in 1778. Due to its rapid growth, the building was transformed into a museum in 1862. Among its collections are fine ethnographic and pre-historic items, including china, bronze and gold objects, stone sculptures and textiles that provide an excellent overview of ancient Indonesian culture. The elephant statue in the front yard was a gift from King Chulalongkorn of Siam in 1871. The Indonesian Heritage Society provides free guided tours in various languages.Open Hours
Tu to Th from 08:30 AM to 02:30 PM, Fr from 08:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Sa from 08:30 AM to 01:30 PM, Su from 08:30 AM to 02:30 PMUpcoming Events Near National Museum
- Ceramics Collection | 2009-12-31, 00:00:00
- Historical Relic Collection | 2009-12-31, 00:00:00
- Wayang Kulit | 2009-12-31, 00:00:00
This meuseum has some of the best exhibits of any meuseum in South-East Asia. Indonesia is such an historically rich country that this meuseum has exhibts others would die for. Unfortunatly the displays are poorly maintained and very old fashioned.
national museum or museum gajah (the elephant museum),as the jakartans dub it because there's a white elephant statue -a gift from a Thai king/prince- in front of the building, is one of the few museums in Jakarta that are easy to access. located in the center of the city and close to monas, it's a perfect place for tourists or even curious citizens to take a historical journey. it also hosts big events, like art exhibitions. the last one i saw was the tribe art/julian opie exhibition.
The National Museum has a fine collection of statues and cultural artifacts. Also make sure you check out the collection of gold items in the treasure room upstairs,
