Museum @BentengHeritage Selenggarakan Perayaan Capgome 2016

Secara harfiah, Capgome melambangkan hari kelimabelas bulan pertama Imlek dan merupakan hari terakhir dari rangkaian perayaan Imlek. Perayaan ini bisanya dirayakan oleh komunitas Tionghoa diseluruh dunia. Khusus di Tangerang, Museum Benteng Heritage akan menyelenggarakan malam Perayaan Capgome yang akan diadakan pada Minggu, 21 Februari 2016 mulai pukul 18.00 s/d 21.00. Akan ada berbagai kegiatan yang…

Museum Antara: From Aneta to Antara

Museum Antara or the official name used is Galeri Foto dan Jurnalistik Antara (Antara Journalism and Photo Gallery) is located on Jl . Antara No 59, Pasar Baru. You can get in without having to purchase any tickets. This two-story building is an important place in the Indonesian independence, since at this place the the…

A story from Classic Doors in Benteng Heritage Museum

What is the interesting point of a door?  This question arose by my friend when I told her about the “magic door” that I found in an old building in Tangerang. But the question is true indeed, because there is actually no something special about a door. Yes, you can talk about decoration in the…

Jakarta by Train Go West Tour

It has been a long time we do not organize any tour because of the massive floods that hits Jakarta for several times since December 2013. In March, we have a plan to organize another tour that we called “Jakarta by Train Go West Tour”. The tour aims to give Jakarta citizens in knowing some…

Museum Bahari: The Spice Warehouse of VOC

Museum Bahari or Maritime Museum is a museum that displays collection of objects relating to maritime in Indonesia. Maritime Museum is located at Jl. Pasar Ikan, Jakarta Utara/North Jakarta and overlooking the Jakarta Bay. The building that currently used by Maritime Museum was built in 1652 and was once a warehouse storing spices that will…

Museum Joang 45: A Place to Educate the Indonesian Freedom Fighter

Museum Joang 45 or Battle Museum is located at Jl. Menteng Raya No. 31, built around on 1938 and was originally used as a hotel, named Hotel Schomper corresponding name of the owner L.C. Schomper. This hotel is a nice hotel, located in Menteng, Central Jakarta, with a main building that stands majestically in the…

Museum Sejarah Jakarta: City Hall from V.O.C Era

Museum Sejarah Jakarta (The Jakarta Historical Museum), or better known as Fatahillah Museum is located at Taman Fatahillah No. 1 Jakarta Barat/West Jakarta. This museum was serves as City Hall (Staadhuis) built by the Governor-General VOC Jan Pieterzoen Coen in 1620. In 1627, due to the increasing activities of the VOC, the new building is…

Museum Taman Prasasti: The First Open Air Museum at Jakarta

Museum Taman Prasasti or Museum of Inscriptions Park is located at Jl. Tanah Abang I No 1, Jakarta Pusat/Central Jakarta, or just in front of Central Jakarta Mayor Office. This museum was a former funeral 5,5 Ha Kebon Jahe Kober built in 1795 to replace another cemetery beside the church Hollandsche Nieuw Kerk (now the…