The National Museum of Indonesia is an archeological,
historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan
Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square.
Popularly known as museum Gajah after the elephant statue is in front the
forecourt. Its broad collections cover all of Indonesia's territory and almost
all of its history. The museum has preserve Indonesia's heritage for two
centuries. The museum has a collection of 61,600 prehistoric and
anthropological artifacts, and 5,000 archeological artifacts from all over
Indonesia and Asia. The museum collection is among the richest and most
complete in Indonesia and one of the finest in Southeast Asia. There are the
stone sculpture collection, ceramics collection, ethnography collections and
many more.
The National Museum
The Stone Sculpture Collections
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