The Museum of Le Mayeur

Le Mayeur Museum in Denpasar Bali

Born in Brussels, Belgium on February 9th 1880 in a high-class family, Adrian-Jean Le Mayeur got his painting talent from his parents. His latest education in architecture was achieved at Libre University. Forbidden by his father when attempted to develop his talent, he decided to leave his family by hanging around the world to seek for a right place for his talent improvement.

Le Mayeur arrived at Bali in 1932 in Singaraja City then continued a journey to Denpasar City before decided to stay in Sanur Beach. In the beginning, he just wanted to set an eight-month visit to Bali, after knowing the charm of Sanur Beach and beautiful girls of surrounding location, splashed in his mind to build a home and painting workshop in the location. A famous legong dancer named Ni Nyoman Pollok drew his heart to marry her when she became his painting model.

Unfortunately, this couple did not have any son until the end of their life. In fact, Ni Pollok was eager to have son but Le Mayeur denied it considering that she was his painting model. Le Mayeur was afraid of Ni Pollok‘s pregnancy would make her body was not beautiful anymore.

Their home and painting workshop were later on dedicated to government to be functioned as museum by his testament written in 1957. Finally, their home and painting workshop are given a name Le Mayeur Museum.

Le Mayeur is famous as impressionist and naturalist painter. Moreover, he also had tendency to paint the beauty of Balinese girls. Inside the museum, you can watch his works and historical properties such as chair, carved table, bed, wardrobe, ceramic vase, silver alliances, earthenware, and some sculptures.

At least there are 88 work arts of Le Mayeur from 1921 to 1957 showing his impressionist style. Besides using canvas, he also used other mediums for painting such as hardboard, three-ply, paper, and gunnysack. The last one was used by him remembering the difficulty of getting canvas from Belgium, so he decided to use it on the era of Japanese colonialism.

Museum of Le Mayeur Location

Le Mayeur Museum is situated in Sanur Village, Denpasar City, Bali, Indonesia. From the centre of Denpasar City, you can access the location by any public transportation like Indian taxi. Those Indian taxi will take you to the end of Hang Tuah Street then continue to the destination around 70 km away.

The museum is opened for public at 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. for Saturday to Thursday. On Friday, open from 8 to 12.30 a.m. On holidays, the museum is closed. IDR 2.000 for adult and IDR 1.000 for children. For group, more than 10 people, adult visitors only pay IDR 1.000 and IDR 500 for children. Typical foods of Bali Island can be easily found along the coast of Sanur Beach for you who are eager to taste it. Completing your visit, you can buy souvenirs around the location with reasonable price.

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The State Museum of Jambi Province

The State Museum of Jambi Province - 13.350 square meters in width – was built in 1981 above the 4.000 square meters land. The physical appearance of the museum implies the Kajang Loko architecture, typical of Jambi Province‘s traditional architecture.  For note, the museum has been officially open for public since June 6th, 1988.

Numerous historical and cultural collections of Jambi Province are kept well inside the museum. And then, those collections are divided into some categories such as biology, geology, archaeology, ethnography, and numismatology.

At least there are 2.855 historical and cultural collections that are kept well inside the state museum of Jambi Province. Five of them – two golden statues of Avolokiteswara, heptagonal golden medal made of Turkey, golden belt and necklace – are the icons of the museum. The discovery of Avolokiteswara statues happened in Rantau Kapas Tuo in 1991, while the heptagonal golden medal – dated in 1928 A.D. – is a tributary of Ottoman Empire from Turkey. Far before being given to the state museum of Jambi Province, the medal had ever been kept by a royal family in Malaysia.

Some other historical properties of the museum are the old money machine stamp, ancient canoe, Jambi traditional costumes, and many more. Discover numerous valuable properties within, suit for you who are undertaking a research in Jambi Province.

Museum Location

The State Museum of Jambi Province lies on Urip Sumoharjo Street, Telanai Pura Sub-district, Jambi City, Jambi Province Indonesia. You can easily access the museum for its strategic location, in the heart of Jambi City. You can take any public transport to reach the location from Sulthan Thaha Syaifuddin airport for about 30 minutes. You can easily find some hotels to stay longer around the location. Moreover, restaurants and food tents are also available there as well.

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The Museum of North Sulawesi Province

“If you have limited time to explore certain destination, it is enough for you to visit the museum which is available there.” That saying may be true for you who have limited time to visit certain destinations but you are eager to know the entire parts of those destinations. Hence, just visit the local museum that is available there as you can ask for complete information about certain destinations without spending more time and budget.

In a museum, you can get much information about a destination either those relating to intangible or tangible data. You can discover and observe some artefacts and other historical or cultural physical data from museum.

When you have limited time visiting and obtaining complete data about the historical and cultural heritages in North Sulawesi, just come to the Museum of North Sulawesi Province. The museum offers detail information and facts about North Sulawesi`s histories and cultures. You will discover the diorama of North Sulawesi`s history in the pre-colonialism era and the acculturation process foreign cultures – Chinese and Dutch – in North Sulawesi long time ago. The existence of the museum gives abundant learning for all people who want to know about North Sulawesi with its entire uniqueness. The museum is a right place for academic purposes for its complete information.

The name of “the museum of North Sulawesi Province” is aimed at informing common people the documentation of North Sulawesi Province. It was built to represent the historical and cultural documentation of North Sulawesi by exhibiting its collections. The museum`s architecture resembles the traditional house of Minahasa (North Sulawesi).

You will be accompanied by professional guides who cordially serve you so much information relating to North Sulawesi Province or the museum itself. Most of the museum`s collections are displayed in three gallery rooms.

The museum displays the replica of ancient properties from the stone-age such as waruga, and stoned-coffin in the museum`s gallery rooms and in its park. Furthermore, the museum also publicly displays traditional wedding cloths of North Sulawesi Province and some ancient cannons from the era of the Dutch and Portuguese`s colonialisms. Some Chinese antique ceramics are likewise displayed on the third floor of the museum.

The Museum North Sulawesi Location

The Museum of North Sulawesi Province is located on W.R. Supratman Street, 72, Manado City, North Sulawesi Province. Manado is the capital of North Sulawesi Province. All tourists coming to North Sulawesi usually reach Manado City hence, if you are in Manado City, you can take any public transportation. The entrance ticket to the museum is around IDR 1000,00 for adult and IDR 250,00 for children. In addition, the museum is opened for public visit on Sunday to Friday at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The management of the museum has some professional tour operators or guides who will cordially explain you the entire data about the museum`s collections and the information about North Sulawesi. Likewise, the museum has a public library for students or academicians who want to gain more written data. There will be discount for the entrance ticket for an entourage consisting of more than 20 people visiting the museum.

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The Museum of Mulawarman in Kutai Kartanegara District

Museum of Mulawarman

The Museum of Mulawarman is an elegant historical tourism destination in East Kalimantan Province. The building is dominated by white colour. In the past, it was palace then was rebuilt during the tenure of the XIX Sultan of Kutai, Sultan Adji Mohamad Parikesit in 1936 A.D. The architect of this great museum is Estourgie from Hollandsche Beton Maatschappij (HBM).

It was officially established for public on November 28th, 1971 by the Governor of East Kalimantan Province, H.A. Wahab Syahrani. On February 18th, 1976, the museum was taken over by the Education and Cultural Department under the permission of the West Kalimantan Governor at the time.

The Museum of Mulawarman has so much information relating to the Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate. The numerous collection within, especially the inheritance of Kutai Kertanegara Sultanate distinguish this museum from other museums in Indonesia.

Entering the first room, you will see several heritages of the Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate such as the Sultan‘s throne hemmed by two Lembu Swana statues. For its background, two pictures of the XVIII Sultan of Kutai Kartanegara, AM Alimoedin are hung on the wall of the first room. In addition, the picture of Sultan, AM Parikesit and an umbrella of the sultanate are situated in the same location.

The Umbrella of the sultane

You will also discover some archaeological items such as the heritages of Kutai Martadipura Kingdom, the oldest Hindu Kingdom in Indonesia, in shape of inscriptions and statues from the era of Mulawarman King. Some typical carvings of Kalimantan‘s tribes such as Dayak Kenyah, Benuaq, Busang, Modang, Punan, and other Dayak sub-tribes can be found there.

In another room, at the back of the building, you will see the diorama of the birth of Aji Batara Agung Dewa Sakti, the First Sultan of Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate. The diorama of timber industry, coal mining, Mahakam porpoise, and typical plants of Kalimantan can also be found there. After discovering the entire collection within, leaving the building, you must pass by an alley on the ground where much collection of ancient ceramics from Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, and Europe can be discovered there. Outside the building, there is a graveyard of the Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate.

The groundroom of Museum Mulawarman

The Location of Mulawarman Museum

The Museum of Mulawarman is situated on Diponegoro Street, Tenggarong Sub-district, in the District of Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan Province. To reach the destination, you can take any accessible public transportation or motorcycles. It can be accessed through Samarinda City, about 45 km away to Tenggarong. Moreover, it will be around 110 km when you start from Balikpapan. For better understanding about the detail parts of the museum, it is better for you to take guides‘ services. It is opened for public everyday, except Monday, at 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and you can buy some guidebooks about the museum. There are many food tents around the location for you who want to take a rest after discovering the entire parts of the museum and observing the whole collection within.

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The Museum of Jakarta`s History

The Museum of Jakarta‘s History, also known as the Fatahillah Museum, was established on April 4th, 1974. As it is clear from the name, the Museum is meant as a memory of the historical journey of Jakarta during the Batavia era. It is considered as an ancient building with its colonial architecture from the 17th century, and is also surrounded by many other ancient buildings.

It was historically the building owned by VOC. This building was the first City Hall (Staadhuis) in Batavia; it was built by the Dutch in 1627 A.D. It was later renovated in 1970 when Indonesia became independent from the Dutch, and was established as the Museum of Jakarta‘s History in 1974.

Besides as a City Hall, it also functioned as the office of the Council of the State (College van Schepen), who handled the issues of law in the society. The defendants who would be judged would usually be placed in a basement jail. These people were treated cruelly in this prison. Their hands were tied and bodies were soaked in the water full of leeches.

Those defendants who were proved to be false and considered to break the law for doing crimes or rebelling to the Dutch would be punished. They would be hung in front of the City Hall. A bell, which is still at the top of the building to the present day, would be ringed to gather all of the people around the Hall to see the execution. This execution was a warning that people should not dare to rebel to the Dutch government. Things from the execution are well kept in it; a knife which was used to stab the criminals‘ heads is one of those.

The Museum of Jakarta‘s History has many historical things, such as the archeological things in the era of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. There are also antiquities  from Betawi, antique furniture with the styles from China, Europe and Indonesia, crockery, ceramics, and also stapes. Those things are displayed in different rooms such as the Jakarta Pre-Historical, the Tarumanegara, the Jayakarta, the Sultan Agung, the Fatahillah, and the M. H Tamrin.  The visitors who wish to see the collection of the Museum are helped by the exhibition design. This design is based on the historical chronology which shows the history of Jakarta in a display form. Photographs, pictures, and portfolios, maps, and labels help the visitors to understand the historical backgrounds of the things.

Furthermore, the Museum also provides other historical things such as the coins used during the VOC period, various kinds of scales, the Jagur gun which is believed to have magical power, and the flag from the Fatahillah era. Visitors also have the chance to see the paintings of Raden Saleh, ancient maps, and a photograph of a VOC governor, J. P. Cohen.

The Museum Jakarta Location

The Museum is located in Taman Fatahillah Street No. 2, West Jakarta, Province of DKI Jakarta. People can use their private cars or by public transportation to reach the Museum. Trans Jakarta from Blok M is one of the choices when pubic transports are preferable. Mikrolet M-12 from Pasar Senen and Mikrolet M-08 from Tanah Abang are the other alternatives for public transportation. Bus Patas AC 79 is also available to reach the Museum. The entry ticket depends on whether the visitors are individual or in groups. It costs IDR 2000 for the adults who come individually and IDR 1000 for students. The ticket for children costs IDR 600. For group (of 20 people) the ticket os IDR 1500, IDR 750 for group of students, and IDR 500 for group of children. Besides the historical things, the Museum also provides other facilities such as a library with 1.200 collections, a café, and a store that sells souvenirs, a prayer room, a meeting room, and a garden. There are also many inns and hotels for those who want to spend the nights around it.

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The Museum of West Nusa Tenggara

The Museum of West Nusa Tenggara

The museum of West Nusa Tenggara is located in the downtown of Ampenan which was built by the decree of The Education and Culture Minister, Dr. Daoed Joesoef on January 23, 1982. More than 7000 historical objects are neatly organized based on the elements of culture such as language, knowledge system, social system, technology, bread and butter system, religion and Art. In front of the museum, there is a traditional building of Sasak tribe named Berugak which was built in modern architecture.

For you who love historical and cultural tourism, do not forget to prioritize this destination on your list when you visit Indonesia, especially West Nusa Tenggara province. The main enchantment of this museum is its collections within where you will not only find the collections from Sasak tribe, but also some collections from Bali, Samawa and Mbojo (The indigenes of Sumbawa Island).

The building comprises two parts, the front room, and the gallery room. Both of them are connected by a corridor where you will see the wall painting illustrating cultural items of Sasak tribe such as Gandrung, Rudat, Cepung, Wayang, dan Jaran Kamput. In addition, on the right side of the corridor, there are illustrations of Malengke, Toja, Konya, Sak Eco, and Rebana Rea.

The gallery room consists of two rooms, the first room and the second room. The first gallery room is used to keep many ancient photographs like Stegodon, Paleokarbau, and Hypothalamus fossils. Moreover, you can find many scarce woods like Rajumas, Cempaka, Lingsar, Bajur, Kepundung and Kelincung in this room. Most of the cultural artifacts relating to the people‘s cultures are displayed in the second gallery room where you will see some traditional dresses of Indonesian tribes such as Sasak, Bali, Mbojo and Samawa. 

An ancient artifacts in shape of Siwa Mahadewa Statue (from the 9^th century), equipments used for the cycle of life ceremony in their daily life such as Ceret, Kendi, Pondi and Kipas, and other tools that was used for inaugurating the Kings of Bima, Sumbawa, and Selaparang Sultanates are distinguish features of the museum. You will also find some original manuscripts like Asta Dasta Parwa (Mahabharata), Takepan Kotoragam, Takepan Jatiswara, Katika Book, and pisau Pangotthat show the original language of indigenous people in the Central Lombok.

The Location of Museum of West Nusa Tenggara

The Museum of West Nusa Tenggara is on Panji Tilar Negara Street No.6, Ampenan Selatan sub-district, about 7 km away from Mataram city. It is about 15 minutes from Selaparang airport to reach the The Museum of West Nusa Tenggara. However, if you choose to start from Mandalika bus station, Cidomo (the typical public transportation vehicles from Lombok) will carry you to the destination for approximately 30 minutes passing by Seruni crossroad. The Museum of West Nusa Tenggara is opened for public on Tuesday until Saturday at 8 a.m. – 13 p.m. The ticket price to enter the destination is in the confirmation process.

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The Museum of Balla Lompoa

 The Museum of Balla Lompoa

The Museum of Balla Lompoa  is the reconstruction of Gowa palace that was built in 1936 A.D. The 31^st Sultan of Gowa, I Mangngi-mangngi Daeng Matutu, was the king at that time. Balla  Lompoa means big house or grand house in Makassar  language. The precise architecture of Bugis tribe like Panggung House, with  a 2-meter high of ladder leading to the entrance of the terrace, is the main  architecture of the museum. It is made of ulin wood or besi wood.  The Museum of Balla Lompoa stands in a width of a  hectare land bound a high brick fence.

The Museum   of Balla Lompoa comprises  two parts, the main room, 60 x 40 meters wide, and the terrace, 40 x 4.5 meters  in width. There are three parts of the main room, the king’s bedroom, the historical  properties storage, and the working room. Each part is 6 x 5 meters wide. It  has many windows (The exclusive features of Bugis house) which are 0.5 x 0.5  meters in width. 

It is functioned to keep the collections of Gowa Kingdom’s  heritages. The historical properties are displayed based on the general  functions of each room in the museum. An Indonesian map is displayed on the  right wall, in front of the main room. The family tree of the Gowa Kingdom  is also displayed in the main room. It was begun from the first king of Gowa,  Tomanurunga in the 13^th centuries until the last king of Gowa,  Sultan Moch Abdulkadir Aididdin A. Idjo Karaeng Lalongan (1947 A.D.-1957 A.D.).  You can find the throne of Gowa   Kingdom placed in the  center of the main room. The war equipments such as spears and old cannons are  displayed in this room. You will also find the Lalong Sipue umbrella  (The umbrella that was used when the inauguration of Gowa Kings take place) in  this room. The museum has been renovated in 1970 A.D. – 1980 A.D. The local  government of Gowa has been budgeting fund about 25 millions each year to  maintain the museum.

The Museum   of Balla Lompoa keeps  many priceless historical heritages, most of them are made of gold. In  addition, there are precious stones beautified with diamonds and the ruby stones.  There are about 140 collections of priceless historical properties such as  crown, bracelet, button, Keris. The weights of the heritages are about  700 grams up to a kilogram. There is a cone (The five leaves of lotus) king  crown beautified with 250 grams of diamonds in the king’s bedroom. The weight  of the crown is 1.768 grams. Tataparang (The golden keris) which  is 986.5 grams in weight, 51 centimeters in length and 13 centimeters wide is also  kept in this room. It was the gift of Demak Kingdom.  10 spears, seven lontara texts, and two handwriting of Al-Qur’an made in 1848  are also kept in the Museum   of Balla Lompoa.

Where Museum of Balla Lompoa Location?

The Museum of Balla Lompoa is on Sultan Hasanuddin Street 48^th Sungguminasa, Somba Opu sub-district, Gowa district, South   Sulawesi province.The Museum of Balla Lompoa is located in Sungguminasa, Somba Opu  sub-district, in the district of Gowa, which is directly bordered with Makassar city. It can be reached by private vehicles or  any type of public transportation. The accommodation provided by the Museum of Balla Lompoa  is guide service telling you information relating to the museum and all of the  heritages kept within.

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The Museum of Dewantara Kirti Griya

The Museum of Dewantara Kirti Griya


Trying to preserve the remain traces of Ki Hajar Dewantara‘s life and struggle, in 1970, a museum namely Dewantara Kirti Griya was built by a Dutch scholar. The museum of Dewantara Kirti Griya keeps so much information about Ki Hajar Dewantara and his life circle, starting from his birth until his death. Dewantara Kirti Griya means a place to preserve and keep the work arts of Ki Hajar Dewantara.
Soewardi Soerjaningrat was the full name of Ki Hajar Dewantara. Born among the palace family, Ki Hajar Dewantara, later on was conferred title Raden Mas. Then he put his honorary title, changed his name to Ki Hajar Dewantara. Putting his honorary title, he set a group consisting of Dr. Douwes Dekker and dr. Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo that was intended to fight the colonialism in Indonesia.
One of his contributions is the founding of educational institution namely National Onderwijs Instituut Tamansiswa concerning with the efforts to set Indonesian people free from stupidity. “When stupidity covers a country, there will be the easiest way to conquer the country, like what has been done by the Dutch colonial government over Indonesia for about 350 years,” he said. In the early years of its founding, in the 20^th century, Tamansiswa had broadened to Java, Sumatra and Bali.
Now, Ki Hajar Dewantara is recognized as the Father of Indonesia Education. On every May 2^nd, most of Indonesian education institutions hold the commemoration for remembering his contributions, especially on education. 


Reading a biography in shape of books will be bored for some people. Therefore, the Museum of Dewantara Kirti Griya applies different approach. It offers you a biography of Ki Hajar Dewantara, not in text or book shape but in shape of diorama.You will be amazed visiting this museum for its numerous collections of Ki Hajar Dewantara‘s properties. Those collections are neatly organized on the teak racks. Some of his monumental works, “Ais Ik eens Nederlander Was” (If I were Dutch) and “Een voor Allen maar Ook Allen voor Een” (One for all, all for one), can be found in the gallery room. Moreover, another one of his great works is Sari Swara, a Javanese musical notes (gamelan) that has been converted into modern musical score, can also be found there.


In comparison to western museums, you might not be amazed with the architecture of the museum, considering that in the past it was Ki Hajar Dewantara‘s house. However, you will discover so much information relating to Ki hajar Dewantara such as his works, the  obstacles he met during his efforts to educate Indonesian people and many more. The museum also offers you with a library, special for you who want to know more about the figure of Ki Hajar Dewantara. The other benefits you will get during the visit to the museum are that you will find the biological museum of Universitas Gadjah Mada(Gadjah Mada University), the museum and monument of General Sudirman and the Museum/ palace of Puro Paku Alaman. On certain times, you will see the elementary student of Tamansiswa practice traditional dance and play karawitan (gamelan music).



How to Access Location Museum of Dewantara Kirti Griya?

The museum of Dewantara Kirti Griya, which is owned by Persatuan Perguruan Tamansiswa Foundation, lies in the complex of Tamansiswa, on Tamansiswa Street No. 31^st, Yogyakarta City, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. For you who want to visit the museum, just take the city bus number three, or you may also take pedicabs, andong, or taxi. The cost for taking city bus is IDR 2.000 and it will be IDR 10.000 when you decide to take andong or pedicabs from Malioboro Street. The museum is opened for public everyday, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
You will be offered with guides‘ services. For you who want to spend more days around the location, you can find some lodgements or hotels around the destination. When the night comes, you can find numerous food tents along the street nearby the location.

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The History of Museum of Lambung Mangkurat in Banjarbaru South Kalimantan

Museum of Lambung Mangkurat


The Museum of Lambung Mangkurat was officially opened in 1979. It is traditional house of Banjar architecture, Rumah Bubungan Tinggi(High Ridge House), which is polished in modern style. The collections of the museum are the archaeological remains of The Sultanate of Banjar, Agung Temple, and Laras, stone alliances, Ulin woodcarvings, farming tools and household appliances, and traditional music instruments.
The Museum of Lambung Mangkurat, is a two-storey building. The first floor has three display rooms; an open exhibition room and two close exhibition rooms. In the open exhibition room, visitors can find three river transportations mean of Banjar people: jukung sudur, perahu pandan liris, and jukung tambangan. Beside those three kinds of boat, visitors will also find kinds of sea fauna fossil, such as whale (Rhineodon Typus Cotaceae) skeleton. While in the close exhibition rooms, visitors will be brought to the age far before we were born. In one of the rooms, visitors can see the displays of devices used in the pre-history age, such as pickaxe, shoulder axe, pahat kapak lonjong, and bronze axe mould. In the other one, visitors can find kinds of archaeological remains of Banjar kingdom.
In the second floor, visitors can observe some ethnical photos painting and the map of the dissemination of Indonesia tribes in South Kalimantan. In this place, visitors will find some types of traditional Banjar house such as Bubungan Tinggi and Gajah Manyusu. Moreover, visitors can also find the life cycle diagram of Banjar people, from birth- children- adults- getting married- giving birth- phase, until death. Those phases are described in some Islamic ceremonies such as Baayun Anak, Basunat, Baantar Jujuran, Batamat Al Quran, andBakawinan.


Entering the Museum of Lambung Mangkurat, visitors are brought to experience the era when South Kalimantan had not became a province yet. This Museum give a better understanding to the visitors about the development of Banjar people from the stone age, when all devices were made of stones, until the age of the influential kingdoms that existed in South Kalimantan. Seeing Genta Kencana (a place where the king rested), for example, the visitors will know the civilization of Banjar people at the time.



How to Access Location Museum of Lambung Mangkurat?

The Museum of Lambung Mangkurat is located in Banjarbaru, Banjarmasin city, South Kalimantan province.  The Museum of Lambung Mangkurat is located in Banjarbaru, 35 km from Banjarmasin. The strategic location on A.Yani Street, makes it easy to reach by any public transportation or private transportations. From Syamsudin Noor Airport Landasan Ulin Banjarbaru, it takes about 20 minutes. 

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