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Jakarta as the Capital city of Indonesia has the many places and historical museums and landmark, the museum and landmark able to see are:
Fatahilah Museum
Museum Sejarah Jakarta (the museum of history of Jakarta) is the one displaying the history of development of Jakarta city, both the events and the community, from prehistoric until these present days.
Jakarta museum is located in a building of cultural property which the past known as Staduis, the city Hall of Batavia.
Museum Wayang JakartaMuseum Wayang or shadow puppet museum is very close to Museum Sejarah
Jakarta. in this place visitor are invited to know various characters,
attitude and behaviour of the story of shadow puppet.
The Collection are wayang golek, wayang orang, topeng, wayang beber, wayang kaca and gamelan (traditional music instrument set).
Museum Senirupa and Ceramics
(museum of fine art and Ceramics) is place to enjoy arts. It is located
beside Museum Sejarah Jakarta. Establish on January 21,1870, the
building int he past used to be the office of Raad Van Justitie
(Council of Justice) of the Dutch colonial period. The collection in
this museum displaythe work of Indonesian artists since 1800s until
today.
The display scluptures both of abstract and realism style. While the
caramic collections display various ceramics both domestic and foreign.
Local ceramic came from regions in Indonesia like Kasongan, Plered,
Malang, Bandung, Palembang, Kalimantan, and others, most of which are
contemporary creation.
Museum Bahari
Another museum in Jakarta you can reach about 2 km from museum Senirupa and Ceramics is Museum Bahari (Maritim Museum).
Museum Bahari is the only museum in Indonesia present maritime specific
theme. The building used to be the former warehouse for storing spices
which past known as Wstzidsche Pakhuizen building. The construction was
don in couples stages; it was commenced in 1652 until 1774.
Museum Bahari have collection from various maritime aspects displayed in the form of natural and cultural heritages.
Museum Prasasti (inscription Museum)
Inscription Museum displayed alot of inscription. Knowing the
inscription would mean to know the works of talented designer, painter
and sculptors. This museum displays gravestone from various Dutch names
and prominent figures and prominent figure. This museum located at the
piece of land of former Dutch cemetery called Kebon Jahe Kober. There
arrangged to be shaded and green with various kind of tropical plants.
Museum Textil
Not too far from this museum, you could see Museum Textil (Textil
Museum) They display traditional kain (textil) collections from various
regions in Indonesia. The building was at first a private of a
Frenchman built in 19th century.
Monument Nasional Jakarta
In Jakarta travellers could found other interesting buildings and places such as Monument Nasional (Monas)
National Monument stands at the central part of Merdeka Square. Jakarta
Pusat. built in 1960. this museum has lingga-yani (a symbol fo
fertility) shape is 137 meters high.
On Monas peak there is saucer look out spot supporting a tounge of flame coated with pure gold of 35kgs.
Glodok Kota China Town in Jakarta Glodok (China Town) Jakarta
are still sight and smell that evoke the days when Chinese were brought in as laborers and merchants.
People usually call this place as Kota (Kota means city, resembled a
long time ago when Dutch use this area as Batavia city) In this area
you still can find small streets crowded with Chinese restourants and
shops that sell herbal medicines. Kota is also an enterntaintment
distric at night.
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