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Museum of Indonesia is one of the museum which is located in Indonesia. Museum that was built in 1976 this is antropoligi and ethnology museum. This museum is called anthropology and ethnology museum because the museum is themed on ethnic and cultural diversity in Indonesia.
This museum is located in the area of "Taman Mini Indonesia Indah" or TMII, North Jakarta. This area is a tourist destination area were very often visited domestic and foreign tourists. Which makes the museum of Indonesia different from other museums is very typical architectural style Balinese architecture. Where the building is decorated with ornaments and typical Balinese statues. Also with the gateways and towers at the corner of this building increase the beauty of the building with typical Balinese architecture.
Mrs. Tien Soeharto was the initiator of the establishment of this museum. Her love to the art and culture of Indonesia made his plans to establish a museum of art and culture themed Indonesia. A Balinese architect named Ida Bagus Tugur is the architect who developed this museum building. The building of this museum contains a philosophy of "Tri Hita Kirana". The philosophy is a symbol of the presence of the three sources of human happiness. Three sources it is human relations, human relationships with the environment and human relationships with God. Museum of Indonesia was inaugurated in 1980. The museum building inauguration coincided with the commemoration of the founding of 5 years "Taman Mini Indonesia Indah".
Museum of Indonesia has 3 floors. And on each floor has a different theme.
First Floor :
The first floor has the theme "Bhineka Tunggal Ika" (different but still one). On this floor contains an exhibition of traditional clothes and wedding clothes from 33 provinces in Indonesia. here also there is a diorama puppets and musical instruments typical of Indonesia. On this floor we can know the diversity and richness of Indonesian culture consisting of language diversity, culture, customs and religion in Indonesia.
Second Floor:
The second floor has the theme of Human and Environment. Here the objects displayed traditional form of traditional houses, places of worship, granary. Also there are houses with placement based environment such as houses stage, tree houses and also various other types of traditional houses. You can see the diorama cultural life and the traditional ceremony in Indonesia. Also various tools used everyday by tribes in Indonesia. Such as a fishing, hunting tools, agricultural implements, etc. Basically an explanation of the interaction between Indonesian society with nature and the surrounding environment.
Third floor:
The third floor has a theme of art and skill. There exhibited a wide variety of traditional crafts and new crafts. The handicrafts such as songket, batik and weaves are display here. there are also craft wood carving and metal objects originating from regions in Indonesia. In closing on this floor there is a giant tree carving as high as 8 meters and has a width of 4 meters. This carving shaped "Kalpataru" tree or also called the tree of life. This tree symbolizes the five elements of life: water, fire, wind, earth and sky.
Every year in the museum of Indonesia has always held a grand exhibition that always has a different theme such as gun exhibitions, puppets exhibitions, dance exhibitions, etc. This is very interesting place to visit. Not only visitors from within the country and even country guests also often come to enjoy the cultural diversity of Indonesia.
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