Jakarta History Museum — Attraction in Jakarta

The Fatahillah Museum, also known as the Jakarta History Museum or the Batavia Museum, is a museum located on Jalan Taman Fatahillah with an area of ​​more than 1,300 square meters. This building was once a City Hall (Stadhuis) which was built in 1707-1710 at the behest of Governor General Johan van Hoorn. The building resembles the Dam Palace in Amsterdam, consisting of a main building with two wings in the east and west as well as a sanding building that is used as an office, courtroom and basements that are used as prisons. This city hall of Batavia was the center of people's activity in the 17-19 century. Every afternoon the people gather to collect clean water from the only spring in the front yard of the town hall, there are also trams that run by rails in front of the town hall. Stadhuis Building in the early 20th century, were still had tram lines to the center of government in the Weltevreden area. In addition to these activities, the city hall also has other functions, as a place to carry out capital punishment and mass slaughter, the silent witness of brutal government. In 1740 the then Governor of Batavia Adriaan Valckenier ordered the slaughter of the Chinese in front of the town hall. Thousands of Chinese people were tied up, sitting cross-legged in front of the city hall, then from the city hall window, the governor gave the code to execute the Chinese people. The massacre, known as "Pacinan Geger", in the past was caused by economic and political issues that developed in Batavia. The incident tarnished the Dutch government in the Dutch East Indies and the governor when he returned to the Netherlands, was tried and died in prison. In addition to the massacre, the Jakarta History Museum has also been a silent witness of the suffering of prisoners in underground prisons. When the tide rises, the prison will be filled with seawater, soaking the bodies of the prisoners and making the prisoner's condition very bad. Indonesian freedom fighters who were detained in the prison included Prince Diponegoro and Cut Nyak Dien. There is also the story of Pieter Erberveld, a rebel who was sentenced to death on the southern courtyard of the Fortress of Batavia in a cruel manner. The event was recorded on a broken leather monument in the backyard of the Jakarta History Museum. Meanwhile, those criminals were charged with murder or robbery, they were all executed publicly by hanging in front of this building. It used to be in front of the museum as well as the square, as a place where sometimes important events were held for the Dutch at its time. On March 30, 1974, this building was later inaugurated as the Fatahillah Museum. A very...

This is one of the icons of Jakarta. Jakarta History Museum or Museum Sejarah Jakarta or well known as Museum Fatahilah is the right place, or maybe the best place to find out the history of Jakarta starts from the beginning until today. They have a very welcome staff, with a strong interpretation skill, and very communicative. They also have a very unique yet attractive media interpretation to help you understand about Jakarta and its story. One of the favourites place of Jakartans where they can spend their spare time with their family. Except for the museum as the highlight, it's also well known because of the Fatahilah Square itself. Where you can do cycling with a unique bicycle, and take a picture with the Museum Sejarah Jakarta as the background which has a very eye-catching design. In the evening, you also can find a cutie bird and looks very beautiful when they fly. This Museum also located near other Museums. Those Museum are Museum Wayang, Museum Bank Mandiri, and Museum Keramik. Around this Museum, you may find other attractions that may catch your interests, like a live band performance, a "living statue", taking a photo with old-car, etc. If you're thirsty or even hungry, you can find so many shops here that sell food and beverage. Even you can find Kerak Telor as typical food of Jakarta itself. This Museum is also very accessible, you can use the Transjakarta or Train to visit this place. Another point plus of this Museum is there's a bus stop for Jakarta...

This building used to be a VOC Batavia City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis van Batavia) was built in 1707-1710 on the orders of Governor-General Johan van Hoorn. The building resembles Dam Palace in Amsterdam, consists of a main building with two wings on the east and west as well as sanding the building used as an office, court rooms, and underground spaces used as a prison.

On March 30, 1974, the building was inaugurated as Fatahillah Museum.

The objects that can be found in this museum include the history of Jakarta, replicas of relics Tarumanegara and Pajajaran, results of archaeological excavations in Jakarta, antique furniture from the 17th century until the 19th, which is a blend of European style, People's Republic of China, and Indonesia. Also there are ceramics, pottery, and stone inscriptions. These collections are located in different rooms, such as prehistoric Jakarta, Room Tarumanegara, Jayakarta Room, Room Fatahillah, Sultan Agung space, and space Batavia.

There are also various collections of Betawi culture, numismatic, and tricycles. Even now located statue of the god Hermes (according to Greek mythology, was the god of luck and protection for the merchants), which was located at the crossroad of Harmoni and cannon Si Jagur considered to have magical powers. In addition, there is also a Museum Fatahillah former dungeon that had been used in the Dutch...