TULISAN 3, Bahasa Inggris "Elephant Museum"

ELEPHANT MUSEUM

The National Museum is located at Jalan Merdeka Barat Jakarta, or precisely located to the west of the monument Monas (National Monument). The museum is also often referred to as Museum Gajah. This is due to the presence of elephant statue at the front of the museum. Bronze elephant statue is a gift from King Chulalongkorn of the Kingdom of Thailand (th 1871). In addition to elephant statue, in the courtyard of the museum there are also several ancient cannons neat. Museum is open daily (except Mondays and national holidays / religious) are also often called Arca Building.

 That's because many collections of statues of various age were in this building. Although it has a wide range of collection of statues, but there is one statue is so well known here, the Arca Bhairawa. Arca more than 4 feet tall so prominently standing tall among other statues smaller. On the inside there is also a national museum garden statue. As the name implies, this green grassy park filled with statues of various shapes and sizes, as well as old-fashioned mortar-pestle (Yoni) which are made of stones. One of the striking in the statue garden statues shaped Nandiswara bovine (cow). In addition to the statue, the national museum (which is the most comprehensive museum in Indonesia) also has a Miniature Space Custom Homes. In this room we can see the various miniature custom homes in various parts of Indonesia (from Sabang to Merauke).

This is where we can learn and get to know a variety of traditional houses in various parts of our country. There was even room Gamelan. As the name implies, this room contains a variety of gamelan instruments is one of our traditional musical instruments. With such a diverse number of collections, the museum is not only a place to store objects of ancient course. More than that the museum can also provide visual information through a collection of objects that exist. In addition the museum also serves as an educational tool that can tell the state of various ages. Of course besides the museum also serves as a means of exciting entertainment. How not, the entrance fee of Rp. 5.000, - (for adults) and Rp. 2.000, - (for the kids) we can know and learn a lot about the history of the nation through the objects that were there.