National Museum of Indonesia

The Indonesian National Museum is a museum in Jakarta. It is dedicated to the history, ethnology, archeology and culture of Indonesia. The museum under the name Gedung Gajah is known (German: , elephant house ') due to an elephant statue at the entrance of the museum.

History

The museum was established on 24 April 1778 by a group of Dutch scientists who zusemmenschlossen in the Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences. One of the founders, Jacob Cornelis Mattheus Radermacher, donated a collection of cultural objects and books. Official for the general public, the museum was opened in 1864. 1871 gave the king of Siam, Chulalongkorn, the bronze elephant statue that was erected in front of the museum. In 1931, parts of the collection destroyed in an exhibition in Paris by fire. Due to financial compensation by the French government further finds and artifacts were acquired and the ceramics room, the bronze treasure room and both rooms on the second floor financed. On February 29, 1950, the institution was renamed in Lembaga Indonesia Kebudayaan. On September 17, 1962, the Indonesian government new owner of the museum, which was now known as the Museum Pusat was. On 28 May 1979, the museum was renamed by decree of the Indonesian Minister of Education in the Indonesian National Museum. In 2007, the museum was expanded to the north side. This new wing was Gedung Arca ' (English: Statue building) called.

A large statue of Adityavarman as Bhairava

The atrium of the Indonesian National Museum

Prajnaparamita, the Buddhist god of wisdom transzendalen in ancient Java art

Gedung Gajah, the old wing of the Indonesian National Museum

Gedung Arca, the new wing of the Indonesian National Museum

Terracotta piggy bank from the Majapahit period ( 14th/15th c.), Discovered in Trowulan, East Java