Fine Arts And Ceramics Museum

FINE ARTS AND CERAMICS MUSEUM
Location : Fatahillah Square, Jakarta

After explore the Historical building On fatahillah square, lets continue to the next historical destination, the Fine Arts And Ceramics Museum. this Museum located also on fatahillah Square, Jakarta Old city. this building formerly named is Raad Dan Justitie. it is like a court on Colonialism era in Indonesia. Built on 1870 by Dutch Government.

Sitting On the beautiful stairs inside the building

From the name of the museum, im sure u can imagine what kind of place this is, and what kind of collections we can see inside so if you are art and craft lovers, your choice to visit this museum is absolutely correct.
This museum offers you thousand sensations to see the beautiful collections of arts and ceramics since 1800's to present. Another experience you can see from this museum is the statue and art from the Indonesian ethnic people with abstract style, even realist time to time.

The Painting

For the ceramics collections, this museum has collections not only from Indonesia but also from around the world like from China, Thailand, Japan, Vietname, Europe, and Autralia. the collections started from 16 century to 20 century.

Ceramics Collections

For me, It is important to see this museum because we can earn alot of advantage here. We can learn to appreciate the arts and also get more knowledge about arts, so although i have not interest of arts, but i appreciate and try to learn that field, the result, Im glad....

Jakarta History Museum (Museum fatahillah)

JAKARTA HISTORY MUSEUM
Location : Jakarta Capital City

The museum located on Fatahillah Square, Jakarta old city. This museum was formerly the City hall and the office of governor General of Dutch Colonial Government. The design of this building same as Dam Palace in Amsterdam. This museum has main building with two wings on the west and east side, with beautiful backyard and has famous place is Underground prison.

The Execution process. Before the execution started, the hostage put on underground prison.

This building was built on March, 30th, 1974 with more than 20.000 collections such as historical furniture, metal, crystal glass, pottery, ceramics, fabric, leather, papers, painting of the Governor general VOC Dutch East Indies from 1902 to 1942 (more than 300 years), baroque style space separator cannon from 18 century, prehistoric instruments, various weapon with the famous one weapon is Meriam Si jagur from Portugal.

Inside one of the room with old furniture from the Dutch Colonial.

I was so much exhausted inside the museum. I come to the room and explore the room one by one, an read the explanation on every collections i visited and i felt so much enthusiasm to see more and more of the museum part. When I saw the inscription inside in Dutch language, i wonder, Oh my Godness, this building is too old. It built on years 1700's and its already 300 years now and the building and collections still stand tall. its brilliant.

The inscription of this museum.

Still exploring inside, i saw many things there, the painting of the 1st Governor VOC, Queen of Dutch, Paint of Cornelis de Houtman, and another painting. Wow... finally i can see their face after just know the story from history lesson at school. It made me more and more happy. Then i saw the inscription room and saw al ot of inscription inside even i can see the famous Inscription (Tugu Inscription). There's alot of collections i saw inside which i cant describe here, but i can say that im really really happy to saw those all. I appreciate and loves my country more and more.

After looking around inside the museum, next we can visit the garden at the back yard. I saw Hermes statue there. I remember that Hermes is one of God in European people story. There's also I saw the famous weapon called Meriam si Jagur with weight 3,5 tones and lenght 3,85 meters. i cant imagine how heavy it was. Its came from Portugal.

Jagur Cannon, one of the master piece collection on Fatahillah Museum.

At the back yard, I also went to the underground prison where's the Dutch colonial placed the person who guilty but i felt afraid and scare inside since the room was dark and also little bit scary because there's myth in Jakarta people that there's ghost inside the prison. nooo...

My journey on History jakarta museum has to be ended after i saw the underground prison, Your trip to jakarta is incomplete withour visiting this museum because this museum is very famous for the the foreigner.
Next step, i went to another museum on Fatahillah Square on Kota Tua (Jakarta Old City).

My Iranian couple tourist

With Mr. Richard baldwin and his friends on Fatahillah museum.

Mandiri Museum (Jakarta Old City)

MANDIRI MUSEUM
JAKARTA OLD CITY

Location : Kota, Jakarta

When the first time i arrived on Kuta Tua, it was really big surprise when i saw the beautiful buildings with good deco and amazing arsitechture around this place. After i found the information bout the history of the Kota tua area, now i know why the building was so beautiful and unique. Its beause Kota is the rest of the Dutch Colonialism with European style like another beautiful old building in Europe.

Mandiri Museum

I explore the area called Kota Tua (Old City), i went to the highest building in Jakarta on 1900's called Mandiri Museum. At the beginning, this building was Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (NHM), or famous as factory Batavia that was bank belong to Netherland. the arsitechture was amazing. it is classic art deco. Inside the Mandiri museum, i saw there's alot of collections like obligation letter, stuff and tools to make money, counting tools from the old, safe deposite box, calculator, and many more. The unique and the good side of this place is because this building still same and original like the 1st time built and also the stained glass with symbol of the Dutch Government, Batavia City symbol within that stained glass.

Stained Glass is the character of this place. looks like another building in Europe.

Standing front one of the collections.

Inside the museum, i heard all the explanation about this building from the local guide. And lucky because i am the official guide from the Tourism Department Jakarta Capital city so they take me to the top of this building and i saw the old building arround me. thats awesome experience and its hard to believe that i had been standing on the top f the highest building on 1900's.

Standing on the top of the highest building in Jakarta on 1990's, if on that year you see the Netherland flag, after independence of Indonesia, u only can see the red and white flag (Indonesian Flag)

It was amazing and wonderful experience to visit this place. But nowhere i visit this museum to explain to the tourist bout Batavia (Jakarta) and also bout this building and this museum more.... Interest to visit This area.... Just come to jakarta capital city and enjoy Jakarta..