Friday, November 18, 2011

Bengkulu Museum


Vacation Star | Bengkulu Museum | Bengkulu Museum was built in 1978. However, this new museum functioned on May 3, 1980. At first, the State Museum located at Fort Marlborough Bengkulu. Three years later, on January 3, 1983, this museum occupies a new building in Padang Harapan Street, No.8.


Museum which was inaugurated by Drs. GBPH Poeger, Director General of Culture at that time, has two exhibition rooms, the space and the Permanent Exhibition Temporary Exhibitions. In this second exhibition hall, visitors can see the 3660 collection, including the education Biologika, etnografika, arkeologika, historika, numismatika / heraldika, filologika and keramologika.

This museum is a place where a collection of historic objects and the indigenous culture of each tribe contained in Bengkulu. Among them are collections of bridal wear and custom clothing, household tools, traditional weapons, traditional house forms, writing letters "Ka ga nga" and relics of prehistoric civilization from the stone to bronze. Similarly, heritage crafts woven cloth consisting of woven fabric and various types of community Enggano besurek fabric pattern.


Feature

Bengkulu Museum has a collection of 126 manuscripts hitherto unknown identity of authorship (anonymous). Currently, ten of which have successfully translated into Indonesian. Collection of ancient manuscripts containing pantung, history and discourse are tens or even hundreds of years old. By kaena reason, this collection is so valuable, in the case and deserves to be studied.

Apart from the ancient manuscripts, the museum which stands on an area of ​​9974 m2 also has a collection of traditional fabrics. One of them was Cain Besurek, namely fabric made from cotton, the manufacturing techniques such as batik cloth. Cain Besurek have motifs such as Arabic calligraphy. However, these motifs have not established that the word can not be read. That said, the cloth is an outgrowth of lamvang Surya Majapahit in the Hindu-Buddhist in Indonesia.


In addition, one of the interesting collection of this museum is the existence of printing machines Drukkey Populair with the brand "Golden Press". The printing press made in the United States was made in 1930. Drukkey Populair is the one used by the Government of Indonesia to print "red money". Money is a kind of red Oeang Republic of Indonesia (ORI), which functioned as a legitimate means of exchange, specifically in the area of ​​Bengkulu.

Location

Bengkulu Museum is located at Padang Harapan Street no. 8 in Bengkulu city, Indonesia.

Access

The museum is located in the city of Bengkulu is open every day for the public, except on Monday, from 08.00 - 13.00. The museum is easily accessible to visitors from out of town. From the airport, this museum is just 9 km, from the port about 19 km, and from the terminal about 3 km. to achieve this museum, visitors can use public transport, taxis or car hire.

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