Museum Nasional (National Museum)
National Museum as an institution of cultural heritage studies and cultural center of educational and recreational information, located in central Jakarta near the national monument (monas). This museum is one manifestation of European influence, especially the spirit of the Enlightenment, which appeared at about the 18th century.
Originally, the building which became the museum was built in 1862 by the Dutch government under the Governor-General JCM Radermacher as a response to the association Bataviaasch Genootschap van en Wetenschappen Kunsten which aims to examines scientific research in the Netherlands Indies. During the formation of van Kunsten Genootschap Bataviaasch en Wetenschappen by the Dutch government. Radermacher donate a building located at Jalan Kalibesar along with a collection of books and cultural objects that form the basis for the establishment of the museum. In the reign of England under the leadership of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1811-1816),who also serves as Director of Bataviaasch Genootschap Kunsten van enWetenschappen ordered the construction of a new building located on Jalan Majapahit 3.This building was used as a museum and meeting rooms for the Literary Society (formerlycalled "Societeit de Harmonie".) This building is now located at the State Secretariat complex. The National Museum is known as Museum Gajah since it was awarded a bronze statue of an elephant by King Chulalongkorn of Thailand in 1871. But on May 28, 1979, the name officially became the National Museum of the Republic of Indonesia. Then on 17 September 1962, Indonesia Institute of Culture who manage it, handed the museum over to the government of the Republic of Indonesia. Since then, the official management of the museum is managed by the Directorate General of History and Archaeology, under the Ministry of Education and Culture. But starting in 2005, the National Museum under the management of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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