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When you come for tour to Jakarta in Indonesia, you must visit Fatahillah Museum in Jakarta. It is located in the center of Fatahillah Square on Jalan Pintu Besar Utara 27. There are two other museums in this square. You will also be impressed by a fountain in the center and an old Portuguese cannon, placed after 1970s when the project of restoration was undertaken. However, even if you miss out on the Wayang Museum and Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics, don’t skip a visit to Fatahillah Museum also known as Jakarta Historical Museum.
Features of Fatahillah Museum in Jakarta
- Fatahillah Museum in Jakarta or Jakarta History Museum, is also known as the Museum of Old Batavia
- It spreads across the old town hall
- You can spot artifacts, weapons and an old jail inside the premise.
- This old Hall of Batavia displaying Dutch architecture, was constructed in 1710
- This hall earlier was used for civic administrations and other judicial functions
- Just under the portico at the front side, there are some lie some cubicles which were earlier used as prisons.
- The jail was taken over by the museum in 1974 and as you visit now, you will be exposed to a rich history of the imperial forces in Indonesia.
- You must visit 37 well-designed rooms containing Dutch furniture, maps, artifacts and mementoes related to the Dutch East India Company, that relives the ambience of the Dutch period.
- In the backyard of the premise, there are two statues of ondel-ondel, revered as the traditional puppet of Jakarta.
- Most of the artifacts including the furniture and profiles preserved in Fatahillah Museum in Jakarta belonged to former governors in Jakarta ruling during the colonial regime of 18th century.
- If you want to enter this museum, you will have to pay up 2,000 Indonesian currency notes for an adult and 600 Indonesian currency notes for a child. Fast Facts about Fatahillah Museum in Jakarta - Jalan Taman Fatahillah, Jakarta 11110 Indonesia
- Contact Number: +62 21 692 9101
- Open Hours: 9 am to 3 pm from Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday,
9 am to 1:30pm on Friday
9 am to 1 pm on Saturday
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