Jakarta - The Jakarta History Museum also known as Fatahillah Museum or Batavia Museum, is located in the Old Town (also known as Kota Tua). The building where the museum is established was formerly the city hall of Batavia, the Stadhuis. The first Stadhuis was finalized in 1627 in the location of the present building.
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| Jakarta History Museum |
Jakarta History Museum opened in 1974 and displays objects from the prehistory period of the city region, the founding of Jakarta in 1527, and the Dutch colonisation period from the 16th century until Indonesia's Independence in 1945.
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| Dutch colonist |
Jakarta History Museum has a collection of around 23,500 objects, some of them inherited from de Oude Bataviasche Museum (now the Wayang Museum). The collection includes objects from the Dutch East Indies Company, historic maps, paintings, ceramics, furnitures, and archeological objects from the prehistoric era such as ancient inscriptions and sword.
The museum has the richest collection of Betawi-style furniture from the 17th to the 19th century.
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| taken from museum into the Fatahillah Square |
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| Plaque in Dutch |
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