Travel Story Museum in Old City Jakarta Indonesia

Tired of the weekend activities that are just filled with visits to the mall? Time to try traveled to museums in the old city area. A visit to the museum in the old city is an inexpensive alternative leisure activities and educational. Fun again, some of them can be visited without paying the ticket or free!

Want to know what the museum is in the old city?

A famous travel magazine in the country named Puppet Museum Jakarta as one of the best museums in Indonesia. Presumably it was not excessive because this museum is very interesting. In addition to featuring a collection of shadow puppets and puppet show that we already know, the museum is also exhibiting contemporary puppets and puppets from abroad.

At the time of Indonesian independence revolution, the puppet was used as a political propaganda tool. No wonder that there is E-shaped figure of Bung Karno, Bung Hatta and other national figures. In addition, the puppet has also been used as a means of proselytism. A pastor from Surakarta never use puppets to tell stories in the Bible. Interestingly, he also made a picture of mountains puppet figure of Jesus Christ. Do not forget also to see the puppet doll Unyil popular in the 1980s.

Every Sunday during the second week, third week and last week of each month, Museum Wayang puppet performances staged by well-known puppeteers. This rare spectacle worthy entry in the agenda of your weekend!

WayangJl Museum. Pintu Besar Utara 27, West Jakarta
Tel .: 021 6927289
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. GMT
Admission: Rp2,000 (general), 500 (students)

 

Maritime Museum located some distance away from other museums in the old city. The distance is approximately 1 km to the north of Jakarta Kota train station, not far from the Fish Market. If you have trouble finding the location, please ask local residents to be based on the Fish Market.

Maritime Museum complex consists of two main buildings, each of which has two floors. The museum building is quite clean and well maintained, although the goods collection looks rather dull.

 

On the ground floor, exhibited various replica of the ship as well as a summary of the maritime history of the archipelago. One floor exhibiting parts of the ship as well as ancient navigation equipment. A time also to see Syahbandar tower that was once the zero kilometer point of the city. If you climb to the top floor of this tower, you can see a view of the port of Sunda Kelapa.

BahariJl Museum. 1 Fish Market, North Jakarta
Tel .: 021 6693406
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. GMT
Admission: Rp2,000 (general), 500 (students)

 

Residents of the city would have been familiar with the Jakarta History Museum buildings or more popularly called Fatahilah Museum. Pictures of the museum building is Often adorn postcards, posters and magazine pages. Although very well known, not all Jakarta residents interested in visiting. In fact, this museum is a must-see tourist attraction in the Old City area.

Fatahilah museum building was completed in 1710 and was once the office of governor of the Dutch East Indies. This building complex is quite extensive, consisting of the main building has three floors and two wings of the building on the left and right.

 

The complex also has a basement that was once used as a prison. Until now this dungeon room can still be seen, complete with chains to bind the feet of prisoners as well as bars.

Museum Fatahilah store more than 23 thousand items consisting of a collection of ancient coins, ceramics, old furniture, paintings, inscriptions, as well as other historic artifacts. The museum collection of the most interesting among other sword of execution, the cannon Jagur originating from Macao, as well as the statue of Hermes that once adorned the bridge in front of the Harmoni.

Fatahilah Museum (Jakarta History Museum) Jl. Parks Fatahilah 2, Jakarta Barat
Tel .: 021 6929101
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. GMT
Admission: Rp2,000 (general), 500 (students)

 

Perhaps you've often passing in front of the Museum Bank Mandiri as a very strategic location: right in front of the railway station Jakarta Kota. The museum is also in the list of places that should be seen in the Old City.

Collections are displayed Museum Bank Mandiri is a record of the history of the development of the Indonesian banking industry. The goods on display include ancient calculating machines, computers and printers were decades old, also exhibited even ATM machines of various ages.

 

Museum Bank Mandiri is very interesting because many featuring dioramas that drove our imagination to the office atmosphere bank in the past. The most interesting part of this museum is a room safe-box to store valuable objects located underground. In the past, only rich clients who could get into the room.

MandiriJl Bank Museum. Field Station 1, West Jakarta
Tel .: 021 690200
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9:00 to 16:00 pm
Admission: Rp2,000 (general), free for students and customers of Bank Mandiri (Bank Mandiri ATM card show)