MUSEUM

Museum Indonesia, Find Everything about Indonesia in One Visit

The easiest way to know the culture, tradition or how a country is really like is by visiting their museum. We will know the country history, people, tradition and many things. Now, if you plan to visit Indonesia and want to go to one of the museum with complete collection, you can go to Museum Indonesia at TMII, Jakarta.

Museum Indonesia has 3 floors that you can explore. Each of them has different collection that you can see. The first floor is called Bhinneka Tunggal Ika or Unity in Diversity floor.  This floor is divided into two areas, East and West. On the West side, you can see the collection of the culture and tradition that you can find in Indonesia. There are many dioramas that describe how those culture and traditions in society. And, there is one beautiful painting that you can find in front of the wedding diorama. It’s called “Citra Indonesia”. This painting shows that Indonesia has many traditions, nature resource and other great thing that you can’t find in other countries. On the East side, you can find complete collection of Wayang, a puppet play from Indonesia. Every place in Indonesia has this traditional puppet play with different characteristic. And you will find them all on this floor. The second floor is the People and Environment floor. Like its name, on this floor, you can see many collections that show the social life of people in Indonesia and how people in Indonesia live with the traditional way of life. This floor also is divided into two areas, West and East. On the East area, you can find the collection of traditional house of Indonesia that comes from many tribes that live in Indonesia. There is also explanation for each room function. There is also collection of tool that people use for everyday activity. On the West area, you can find lot of stuff that is related with the old religious in Indonesia. There are information about the traditional funeral ceremony and many other ceremonies that you can find only in Indonesia. There is also collection of famous ancient book on this floor. The third floor is the Modern Art floor. You can find many modern art masterpieces that were made by modern Indonesian artist here.

Beside what you can find inside the Museum Indonesia, you also can find lot of interesting thing in this museum complex, such as Balinese Park, Bale Bundar and many more. If you want to visit this place, you need to go by bus or car. It is located only 5 km from Halim Perdana Kusumah airport and 200 meters from Jagorawi highway. For the entrance fee, you just only need to pay 9,000 Rupiah or about $1 per person and 10,000 Rupiah or about $1.20 per car. This is only for main entrance in TMII. If you want to enter the Museum Indonesia, you need to pay for another 10,000 Rupiah or $1.20 for entrance fee. Very cheap, isn’t it? But, you will get and know everything about Indonesia in just one visit. So, this place is the great spot you should put into your vacation plan.