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Museum Kebangkitan Nasional | |
  Location within Jakarta | |
| Established | May 8, 1999 |
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| Location | Jl. Abdul Rachman Saleh 26 Jakarta 10410, Indonesia |
| Collection size | 2,042 items |
| Visitors | average 15,000 yearly |
| Website | http://www.museumkebangkitannasional.go.id |
Museum Kebangkitan Nasional (Indonesian "Museum of the History of National Awakening") is a history museum which dedicates its collection to the history of Indonesian National Awakening.
History
The building
The building of the museum was constructed from 1899 to 1901. On March 1902, the building was officially opened for STOVIA, the colonial medicine school for the native people. Students were obliged to live in the dorm until the completion of the study.
In 1920, because of the increasing students, the study was conducted in a new building, located in what is now the Medicine Faculty of University of Indonesia. The building was then used as a MULO school (equivalent to junior high school), AMS (equivalent to senior high school, and school of assistant pharmacist.
During the Japanese occupation, the building was used by the Japanese to contain the Dutch war prisoners.[1] After the independence of Indonesia, the building was used as temporary residences for the KNIL and people from Ambon.
The museum
Due to the building relation with the birth of Budi Utomo on May 20, 1908, whose day are officially Day of National Awakening since 1948, the building was restored by the government of Jakarta on April 1973. The building was officially made a heritage building by then President Suharto on May 20, 1974 under the name of Gedung Kebangkitan Nasional ("The Building of National Awakening").[1] The previous occupants were moved to Cengkareng area.
The building was initially made into four museums: Budi Utomo Museum, Museum of Women, Museum of Pers, and Museum of Health and Medicine. On February 7, 1984, the four museums were converged into the Museum of National Awakening.
Collection
The building collects 2,042 items related to the Indonesian National Awakening including original furniture, medical equipment, medical costumes, weapons, photographs, paintings, sculptures, dioramas, miniatures, sketches, and maps.
The exhibition rooms are divided into "Room of Early Revolution", "Room of National Awareness", "Room of Revolution", and "Memorial Room to Boedi Oetomo".
References
- ^ a b Egidius Patnistik (July 17, 2008). "Menelusuri Jejak Boedi Oetomo di Museum Kebangkitan Nasional". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). Retrieved February 12, 2013.