The National Museum of Indonesia (Indonesian: Museum Nasional), is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum. It is located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as the Elephant Building (Indonesian: Gedung Gajah) after the elephant statue in it’s forecourt. It’s 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.
National Museum is located about 16 kms away from Swiss-Belresidences Kalibata. You can reach this museum in 40 minutes driving, depends on the current traffic.
Operating days and hours:
- Every monday and National public holiday: close
- Tuesday - Friday: 08.00 - 16.00
- Saturday - Sunday: 08.00 - 17.00
National Museum entrance fee*:
- Adult: IDR 5,000,- per person
- Children: IDR 2,000,- per person
*Price is subject to change without prior notice