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Museum Gajah

National Museum of the Republic of Indonesia or the Elephant Museum, is a museum located in central Jakarta and precisely at Jalan Merdeka Barat 12. Museum is the first and largest museum in Southeast Asia. The museum was born in 1778, precisely on 24 April, at the time of formation of the Batavian Genootschap van Kunsten en Arts and Sciences. J.C.M. Radermacher, chairman of the association, which accounts for a building located at Jalan Kalibesar along with a collection of books and cultural objects which later became the basis for the establishment of a museum. In the reign of England (1811-1816), Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles who is also the director of Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Arts and Sciences ordered the construction of a new building located at Jalan Majapahit No. 3. This building is used as a museum and meeting space for the Literary Society (formerly named " Societeit de Harmonie "). The location of this building is now part of the State Secretariat complex. In 1862, after fulfilling the museum collection at Jalan Majapahit, Dutch East Indies government established a building which is still occupied. The museum building opened to the public in 1868.

After the independence of Indonesia, Indonesian Cultural Institute which manages the museum handed over to the government of the Republic of Indonesia, precisely on 17 September 1962. Since the museum management conducted by the Directorate General of Culture, under the Ministry of Education and Culture. Starting in 2005, the National Museum is under the management of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in connection with dipindahnya Directorate General of Culture to the environment ministry. The National Museum also known as Museum Gajah because elephant statues made ​​of bronze dihadiahkannya by King Chulalongkorn of Thailand in 1871 which was then mounted on the front page of the museum. However, since May 28, 1979, the official name of this institution is the National Museum of the Republic of Indonesia.

Museum Gajah lot of collecting ancient artifacts from all over the archipelago. Among other things included is a collection of ancient statues, inscriptions, ancient objects and other craft items. These collections are categorized into ethnography, bronze, prehistoric, ceramics, textiles, numismatic, historical relics, and precious objects. Notes on the website of the National Museum of the Republic of Indonesia in 2001 showed that the collection had reached 109,342 pieces. The number of collections that make this museum is known as the most complete in Indonesia. In 2006 the number had exceeded the museum's collection of 140,000 pieces, although only a third that can be shown to the audience. Before the National Library building located at Jalan Salemba. 27, Central Jakarta established, Elephant Museum collection also includes manuscripts of ancient manuscripts. These manuscripts and other library collections Elephant Museum is now stored at the National Library.