If you are tired of restaurant hopping in Jakarta, you should try doing a museum tour in your spare time. While the other Jakarta guides you found are telling you about Museum Sejarah Jakarta, famously known as Museum Fatahillah, this one will tell you something else that you can enjoy as well. We encourage you to do a museum tour in Jakarta since this city is dense with history if you are interested to learn more about it. These are the top three “less-mainstream” museums you should try to visit now:
Museum Joang 45
We can see the history of Indonesia’s independence struggle in 1945 in this museum. The Joang 45 Museum displays a collection of relics of Indonesian fighters, from the official cars of the First President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia (REP 1 and REP 2) to the bombing car in Cikini. In addition, there is also a collection of documentary photographs, paintings and dioramas depicting the struggles around years 1945 – the 1950s. Several figures of struggle are also displayed in the form of busts.
Location: Jl. Menteng Raya 31, Kebon Sirih Village, Menteng District, Central Jakarta.
Operating hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 08.00-16.00 WIB.
Ticket price:
Children: IDR 2,000
Student: IDR 3,000
Adult: IDR 5,000
Museum MH Thamrin
This museum has the vision to develop the struggle values of the Republic of Indonesia and to inform Jakarta as a city of struggle. This museum has a collection of reproduction photos, radios and goods, as well as a library about the struggles of Mohammad Hoesni Thamrin in the Indonesian national movement. The building was founded in the early 20th century and was inaugurated as a museum on January 11, 1986.
Location: Jl.Kenari 2 No.
15, Kenari, Senen District, Central Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta 10430.
Operating hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 09.00-15.00 WIB.
Ticket price:
Adults: IDR 2,000 (group of adults IDR 1,500)
Students: IDR 1,000 (group of students IDR 750)
Student/Child: Rp 600 (group of students/child Rp 500)
Museum Taman Prasasti
The Taman Prasasti Museum is a cultural heritage museum from the Dutch colonial period that collects ancient tomb inscriptions, miniature tombs typical of 27 provinces in Indonesia, along with a collection of antique hearses. This museum displays works of art from the past about the sophistication of sculptors, sculptors, calligraphers, and writers who came together. It had been a cemetery from 1795 to 1977, then turned into a museum on July 9 of the same year.
Location: Jl. Tanah Abang I No. 1, RT 11/RW 8, Petojo Selatan, Gambir District, Central Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta 10160.
Operating hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 09.00-15.00 WIB.
Ticket price:
Adult: IDR 2,000
Student: IDR 1,000
Student/Child: IDR 600
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