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Jakarta History Museum
The Jakarta History Museum is housed in the old town hall of Batavia, and is probably one of the most solid reminders of Dutch rule within Indonesia. This bell-towered hall, built in 1627, served the administration of the city. It was also used by the city law courts, and its dungeons were the main prison compound of Batavia.
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Museum Bahari
Near the entrance to Sunda Kelapa, an old Dutch East India Company warehouse built in 1645 has been turned into a maritime museum. It exhibits craft from around Indonesia and has an interesting collection of old photographs recreating the voyage to Jakarta from Europe via Aden, Ceylon and Singapore. The sentry posts outside are part of the old city wall.
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Museum Nasional
On the western side of Merdeka Sq, the Museum Nasional, built in 1862, is the best of its kind in Indonesia and one of the finest in Southeast Asia. It has an enormous collection of cultural objects of the various ethnic groups around the country - costumes, musical instruments, model houses and so on - and numerous fine bronzes from the Hindu-Javanese period, as well as many interesting stone pieces salvaged from the Central Javanese and other temples.
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Museum Wayang
Traditional wayang (puppetry) is an artform you won't find in too many other countries. This unique museum is worth a visit both for its diverse puppet collection and the historic building it's housed in. Wayang kulit and golek performances are held on the second, third and fourth Sunday of the month between and .
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National History Museum
In the base of the National Monument, the National History Museum tells the story of Indonesia's independence struggle in 48 dramatic dioramas. The numerous uprisings against the Dutch are overstated but interesting, Soekarno is barely mentioned and the events surrounding the 1965 coup are a whitewash.
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