The Jakarta History Museum (Indonesian: Museum Sejarah Jakarta), also known as Fatahillah Museum or Batavia Museum, is located in the Old Town (known as Kota) of Jakarta, Indonesia. The building was built in 1710 as the Stadhuis (city hall) of Batavia. Jakarta History Museum, opened in 1974, displays objects from the prehistory period of the city region, the founding of Jayakarta in 1527, and through the Dutch colonization period from the 16th century until Indonesia’s Independence in 1948. The museum is located in south side of Fatahillah Square (former Batavia city square) near Wayang Museum and Fine Art and Ceramic Museum.
Jakarta History Museum is located in the building which was the former City Hall of Batavia, known in the past as Stadhuis. This building was the administrative headquarters of the Dutch East India Company
and later of the Dutch Colonial Government. The current building was
constructed in 1707 by the city government, replacing the former city
hall built in 1627. Governor General Abraham van Riebeeck inaugurated it in 1710.
The building contains 37 ornate rooms. There are also some cells
located beneath the front portico which were used as dungeons. A
Javanese freedom fighter Prince Diponegoro, who was treacherously arrested, was imprisoned here in 1830 before being banished to Manado, North Sulawesi.
This building is located in front of a public square, which in the past was known as Stadhuisplein, the City Hall Square. The square is now known as Fatahillah Square (Indonesian: Taman Fatahillah).
In the center of the square is a fountain which was used as a water
supply during colonial era. Also located in the square is a Portuguese
cannon (known as Si Jagur Cannon) with a hand ornament showing a fico
gesture, which is believed by local people to be able to induce
fertility on women. The square was also used as the place of executions.[2]
In 1970, the Fatahillah Square was declared a Cultural Heritage.[2]
This effort was the beginning of the development of the historical area
of the City of Jakarta, carried out by the Government of DKI Jakarta.
The Jakarta History Museum was inaugurated on 30 March 1974 as the
center for collection, conservation and research for all kinds of
objects of cultural heritage related to the history of the City of
Jakarta. The building's generous scale with massive timber beams and
floorbands.[3]
Jakarta History Museum has a collection of around 23,500 objects, some of them inherited from de Oude Bataviasche Museum (now the Wayang Museum). The collection includes objects from the Dutch East Indies Company,
historic maps, paintings, ceramics, furnitures, and archeological
objects from the prehistoric era such as ancient inscriptions and sword.
The Jakarta History Museum also contains the richest collection of Betawi
style furnitures from the 17th to the 19th century. The collections are
divided into several rooms such as Prehistoric Jakarta Room, Tarumanegara Room, Jayakarta Room, Fatahillah Room, Sultan Agung Room, and MH Thamrin Room.[2]
The museum also contains a replica of the Tugu Inscription from the
age of Great King Purnawarman, which is the evidence that the center of
the Kingdom of Tarumanegara was located around the seaport of Tanjung Priok
on the coast of Jakarta. There is also a replica of the 16th century
map of the Portuguese Padrao Monument, a historical evidence of the
ancient Sunda Kelapa Harbour.
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