Descriptive Text - Sri Baduga Museum

Honestly, this is not my favorite place, this is just a place I used to visit with my friend about 2 months ago to search information for a task.

Sri Baduga Museum is located in BKR street no. 185, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. This Museum was built in 1974, using an old building that was used for Kawedanan Tegalega. The name of this museum was taken from one of Pajajaran king’s title as written in the Batu Tulis inscription.
Sri Baduga Museum was inaugurated by Minister of Education and Culture, Dr. Daoed Joesoef with Governor of West Java Province H.A Kuanefi on 5^th of June 1980.

This museum has more than 5367 pieces in their collections from various fields such as : Geology, Biology, Ethnography, Archeology, History, Numismatika, Heraldika, Philology, Pottery, Arts, and Technology. Most collections are from science-related ethnography of local cultural objects.

Activities held at the museum include: Temporary exhibitions, traveling exhibitions, museum exhibitions in cooperation with the provinces, various levels of student competitions, lectures, seminars, workshops, etc.

The museum building is divided into three floors.
The first floor showing the early development of the natural history and culture of West Java by displaying : maps, replica of a cave, statues, painting, burials, fossils, rocks, and inscriptions.

The second floor contains exhibits with materials of the traditional culture in the form of patterns of community life, livehood, commerce, transportation, the influence of Islam and European culture, the history of national struggle, and symbols of regional districts and cities in West Java.  We could see a women statue reading Al-Qur’an, old text written in some books, some traditional dress from various places in Indonesia, a living room and kitchen decoration of an old house, etc.

 

 

The third floor is contains ethnographic collections in the form of fabrics, art and ceramics. Such as traditional toys, traditional dress, traditional tool for sell, and traditional instrument.

 

 

In the outside of the museum is exhibiting Paksinagaliman Cart, Replica of Batu Tulis Inscription, Replica of Tugu Inscription, Replica of Tapak Gajah Inscription, Replica of Tugu Gede, Replica of Batu Dakon, Mail Box, and Cart.

In 2014, Sri Baduga museum got award for the grace of the preservation of cultural heritage and the museum.

          Sri Baduga Museum open on Monday until Friday from 08.00 am to 04.00 pm; Saturday and Sunday from 08.00 am to 02.00 pm; and in the National Day, the museum is closed. The ticket price for children is 2000 IDR and for adult is 3000 IDR.