"If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday"
Pearl Buck
A lot of things happening now and all that cant be detached from the past. As a wiseman ever said that what you did yesterday will becoming you today and I believe when I see the past then I'll see the future either.
Thats my prologue before I'll tell the story of mine when I took a fantastic journey to museum in Jakarta a few days a go. Many museums in this city and from all of that, the most recognisable one is Museum Nasional (National Museum) or commonly called Museum Gajah because of the Elephant Statue in its forecourt.
Its broad collections cover all of Indonesia's territory and almost all of its history. The museum has endeavoured to preserve Indonesia's heritage for two centuries. The museum has a collection of 61,600 prehistoric and anthropological artifacts, and 5,000 archeological artifacts from all over Indonesia and Asia. The museum collections is among the richest, the most complete, and the best of its kind in Indonesia and one of the finest in Southeast Asia.
The National Museum of Indonesia has the richest and the largest collection of Hindu-Buddhist art of ancient Indonesia. The Hindu-Buddhist sculptures, relics and inscriptions was collected from Java, Bali, Sumatra, and Borneo, all are in display in the lobby, the central hall and the central atrium of the museum. The Buddha statues from Borobudur in various mudras are displayed in the lobby. The centerpiece collection also the largest artifact of the museum is the statue of Adityavarman depicted as Bhairava.
Thats my prologue before I'll tell the story of mine when I took a fantastic journey to museum in Jakarta a few days a go. Many museums in this city and from all of that, the most recognisable one is Museum Nasional (National Museum) or commonly called Museum Gajah because of the Elephant Statue in its forecourt.
The National Museum of Indonesia has the richest and the largest collection of Hindu-Buddhist art of ancient Indonesia. The Hindu-Buddhist sculptures, relics and inscriptions was collected from Java, Bali, Sumatra, and Borneo, all are in display in the lobby, the central hall and the central atrium of the museum. The Buddha statues from Borobudur in various mudras are displayed in the lobby. The centerpiece collection also the largest artifact of the museum is the statue of Adityavarman depicted as Bhairava.
