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Museum Nasional Indonesia
Indonesia

The National Museum of Indonesia (Indonesian: Museum Nasional), is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as the Elephant Museum (Indonesian: Museum Gajah) after the elephant statue in its forecourt. Its broad collections cover all of Indonesia's territory and almost all of its history. The museum has endeavoured to preserve Indonesia's heritage for two centuries.

The museum is regarded as one of the most complete and the best in Indonesia, as well as one of the finest museum in Southeast Asia. The museum has preserved about 141,000 objects, ranged from prehistoric artifacts, to archeology, numismatics, ceramics, ethnography, history and geography collections. It has comprehensive collections of stone statues of classical Hindu-Buddhist period of ancient Java and Sumatra, as well as quite extensive collections of Asian ceramics.

Collections

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Crowns Masks Jewellery Textile cloths Statues

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Museum Nasional Indonesia
Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No.12
Gambir
Kecamatan Gambir
Kota Jakarta Pusat
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 10110
Indonesia

Jam buka / Opening hours
Senin-Monday 08.00–16.00
Selasa-Tuesday 08.00–16.00
Rabu-Wednesday 08.00–16.00
Kamis-Thursday 08.00–16.00
Jumat-Friday 08.00–16.00
Sabtu-Saturday 08.00–16.00
Minggu-Sunday 08.00–16.00

Kunjungi situs web / Visit the official website: Museum Nasional Indonesia