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Museum Nasional | |
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 The front view of the museum | |
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| Established | 1778 |
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| Location | Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No.12, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 6°10′34″S 106°49′18″E / 6.17611°S 106.82167°E |
| Type | Archaeology museums |
| Owner | Ministry of Cultural Affairs |
| Public transit access | Transjakarta:     MonasJakarta MRT:  Monas (U/C) |
| Website | museumnasional.or.id |
The National Museum of Indonesia (Indonesian: Museum Nasional) is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as the Elephant Museum (Indonesian: Museum Gajah) after the elephant statue in its forecourt, its broad collections cover all of Indonesia's territory and almost all of its history. The museum has endeavoured to preserve Indonesia's heritage for two centuries.[1]
The museum is regarded as one of the most complete and the best in Indonesia, as well as one of the finest museums in Southeast Asia.[2] The museum has preserved about 141,000 objects, ranging from prehistoric artifacts to archeology, numismatics, ceramics, ethnography, history and geography collections.[3] It has comprehensive collections of stone statues of the classical Hindu-Buddhist period of ancient Java and Sumatra as well as quite extensive collections of Asian ceramics.
A fire affected some rooms of the old building on 16 September 2023.[4] This led to the museum being closed for renovation until October 2024.
- ^ Rosi, Adele (1998). Museum Nasional Guide Book. Jakarta: PT Indo Multi Media, Museum Nasional and Indonesian Heritage Society. p. 2.
- ^ "Museum Nasional in Jakarta, Indonesia". Lonely Planet. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ "A Big Plan for Indonesia's National Museum". Global Indonesian Voices - GIV. July 16, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Fahmi (September 17, 2023). "Situasi Terkendali di Museum Nasional Indonesia: Fokus Pengamanan Benda Sejarah, Tidak Ada Korban Jiwa - Museum Nasional Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Retrieved March 18, 2024.