4+1 Coolest thematic museum in Indonesia

The museums, sometimes a place avoided by many people for various reasons, whether it is feeling scary, bored, gloomy, old-fashioned or whatever. But apparently, there are also many museums in Indonesia that are quite fun to visit, especially the cool thematic museums, not only because of its collection, but more about the atmosphere built in it.

1. INDONESIAN ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM, (the coolest Islamic museum in Indonesia)

The Indonesian Islamic Art Museum is the first Islamic museum in Indonesia that comes with a modern and different concept from museums in general. The museum consists of three zones, namely the audio visual zone, a gallery of historical objects and dioramas.

When we enter first zone, we will be presented a movie theater. In this zone we can see the film "The Glorious of Islam" which tells the story of Islamic civilization before the Prophet Muhammad was born until Islam spread throughout the world, including Indonesia.

In second zone there are thousands of historical objects inherited from the world's Islamic empires, such as Ottoman Turkey, Indian Mughals and Chinese dynasties. The atmosphere in second zone is very encouraging for our brain, eyes, ears and heart. The layout of the display and lighting is very cool, as well as the backsound of typical Middle Eastern music in this zone making the Islamic Museum seem very lively. In addition, we are also accompanied by reliable Story Tellers who will tell about the history of objects or the stories that occurred during the period of development, glory to the collapse of the previous Islamic kingdoms.

Third Zone is a Diorama in which there are three-dimensional miniatures, such as the Cheng-Ho mosque and ship, a klontong shop, a grand mosque in Banten, a Persian shop accompanied by a view of the beach and sounds that make visitors seem to be in a real situation. . This Diorama Zone can be said as a photo spot area, we can take pictures in a three-dimensional miniature while using various kinds of Persian cloth that has been provided.

Interestingly, the Indonesian Islamic Art Museum is a museum based on Modern Information Technology. We can download the Augmented Reality application, AR Indonesian Islamic Art Museum in the playstore, then we can scan the barcode images and later the images will appear into Three Dimensions. In addition, we can also take pictures with these Three Dimensional images, so that we are holding mosques, horses, world balls and others.

This Museum is in Lamongan, East Java, precisely in the Nautical Tourism Complex Lamongan Jl. Paciran (Ex Tanjung Kodok) Lamongan.

2. AMBARAWA TRAIN MUSEUM, (A journey to the past)

The Ambarawa Railway Museum is a train station that is now being converted into a museum in Ambarawa, Central Java, which has complete trains that have triumphed in its time.

One steam train with locomotive number B 2502 and B 2503 made by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, as well as B 5112 made by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, is still able to carry out activities as a tourist train.

This jagged steam train is very unique and is one of the three remaining in the world. Two of them are in Switzerland and India. In addition to these unique collections, various types of steam locomotives from series B, C, D can be witnessed to the largest type of CC (CC 5029, Schweizerische Lokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik / Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works) in the museum yard.

Ambarawa was originally a military city during the Dutch Colonial Government. King Willem I ordered to build a new train station that would allow the government to transport its troops to Semarang. On May 21, 1873, the Ambarawa train station was built on 127,500 m² of land. Originally known as Willem I. Station

The station was originally a meeting point between the width of the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1/2 in) to the Kedungjati with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) towards Yogyakarta via Magelang. It can still be seen that both sides of the train station are built to accommodate different sizes of wide beds.

The Ambarawa Railway Museum was established on 6 October 1976 at Ambarawa Station to preserve the steam locomotive which was reused when the railroad track 1,435 mm was closed by the State Railway Company. This is an open-air museum located on the station complex

This museum serves Ambarawa-Bedono tourist trains, Ambarawa-Tuntang tourist lori. Ambarawa-Bedono tourist train or better known as Ambarawa Railway Mountain Tour operates from this museum to Bedono Station which is 35 km away and takes 1 hour to reach the station. This train passes through a jagged rail that is only here and in Sawahlunto. Panorama of natural beauty like a green valley between Mount Ungaran and Mount Merbabu can be seen throughout the journey.

The scenery able enjoyed from the Ambarawa-Tuntang trains and lorries is equally good. This train departs from the station to Tuntang Station which is about 7 km from the museum. Along the way can be seen a charming landscape of rice fields and fields with the background of Ungaran Mountain, Merbabu Mountain and the Rawa Pening swamp in the distance. This train has actually been around a long time ago, but was closed in the 1980s because of damaged infrastructure.

3. INDONESIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM (D'TOPENG MUSEUM)

Indonesian Heritage Museum formerly called D'Topeng Museum in Batu Malang, East Java. Various kinds of relics from Sabang to Merauke are found at the D 'Topeng Museum. Not only masks, famous traditional weapons throughout the world are here too.

Thousands of collections of masks, traditional weapons and antique tools certainly have the story behind them, happy, exciting, and touching. Museum D'Topeng is the right place to learn and admire the rich history of the archipelago.

In addition to thousands of Mask, the most other collection is the kris handle which also reaches thousands. There are also ancient manuscripts in the Demak era, ceremonial facilities from all over Indonesia and various worship and religious collections from various religions.

The museum which is located adjacent to the transport museum in the Jatim Park complex in Batu Malang, East Java, also provides information using Augmented Reality. In fact, we can also shop for merchandise in this museum.

4. INDONESIA CARTOON MUSEUM (a historic light)

Who would have thought there was an Indonesian Cartoon museum? But yes, this is the Cartoon Indonesia museum located on the island of Bali. In addition to presenting natural beauty, Bali also has a Cartoon Museum which is the only one in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Here you can see various interesting cartoon themes, such as eradicating corruption, illegal logging, and cartoons of the Bali bombing. In addition, the museum also keeps a collection of cartoons that are the work of President Soekarno and can ask a painter to describe our caricatures. the museum only contains works from Indonesian cartoonists.

The Indonesian Cartoon Museum was launched in 2008. So far more than 200 works of Indonesian cartoonist are displayed here. Among them are the works of Indonesian cartoon maestros such as Pramono R. Pramoedjo, GM Sudarta, Dwi Koendoro, Jango Paramartha, and several other talented young cartoonists. Not bad if you take the time to stop here.

5. HISTORY OF JAVA MUSEUM (one stop shop museum)

The one stop shop theme for this museum is very precise, even though the museum has not been officially opened and will only be opened around September or October 2018 could be included in the agenda when visiting Yogyakarta.

From the release distributed by Museum management, Visiting the History of Java Museum, we will be invited to understand Java, Javanese society, Javanese History, and Culture. How this nation turns out to be very tolerant, brave and has a high cultural taste in its proper life.

At the beginning of the visit at the museum located in Bantul Parangtritis street with a characteristic Pyramid-shaped building that reminds us of this French Paris Louvre Museum, visitors are invited to see at a visual audio glance how the island of Java formed to the people on the island of Java. Then visitors can see the museum collection of historical artifacts.

Interestingly, visitors will be accompanied by a museum story teller that will explain about museum content and its history. Not only that, the History of Java Museum, as well as other D'Topeng groups, is also equipped with Augmented Reality that can be used by visitors to self-photograph. Technology utilization is also carried out in the form of Augmented Story Teller application which is now being developed by the History of Java Museum.

Inside the collection zone itself, there is the Palace Pavilion, which will display a collection of the Bilingual Education Board regarding Surakarta Kasunanan Palace, Jogjakarta Sultanate Palace, Pura Mangkunegaran and Pura pakualaman.

After the collection zone which is also enlivened by traditional music on a regular basis, visitors will enter the diorama zone, where visitors can re-feel interactively the interesting things of the past in Java, as well as self-portraits in 3D interactive board.

Satisfied with selfie, visitors can enjoy delicious snacks in the culinary zone. Not the usual culinary zone in History of Java Museum, visitors will experience a culinary tour experience in the Malioboro area of​​Jogjakarta which is already famous for its typical Jogjakarta culinary atmosphere.

The History of Java Museum deliberately presents the atmosphere of Malioboro in the culinary zone. And at the end of "Malioboro" there is a large stage which also periodically displays the treats of art and culture both tradition and modern from various artists, from local, national and even international.

The History of Java Museum is equipped with a "Tumpeng Gallery" located on the second floor of the collection zone. The History of Java Museum's commitment to the preservation of Javanese History, Art and Culture Relics is realized through the use of this gallery as a discussion room and showroom.

That was the interesting museum all over Indonesia, let's pack it, the museum is no longer a boring place.

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