National Museum
The National Museum of Indonesia is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: archaeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jakarta
- Also known as: “Gajah Museum”, “Gedung Gajah”, and “National Museum of Indonesia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monas Park and Monumen Nasional.
Monas Park
Park
Photo: Ramayoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Merdeka Square is a large square located in the center of Jakarta, Indonesia. Measuring approximately one square kilometer in area, if the surrounding fields within the Merdeka Square are included, it is considered one of the largest squares in the world. Monas Park is situated 580 metres east of National Museum.
Monumen Nasional
Bus station
Photo: Fikri RA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monumen Nasional is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located on Medan Merdeka Barat Street, Gambir, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The station serves Corridor 1 and is the downtown terminus of Corridor 2 and Corridor 3. Monumen Nasional is situated 130 metres east of National Museum.
National Library of the Republic of Indonesia
Library
Photo: Meursault2004, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Library of the Republic of Indonesia is the legal deposit library of Indonesia. It is located at Gambir, on the south side of Merdeka Square, Jakarta. National Library of the Republic of Indonesia is situated 1 km southeast of National Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petojo Selatan and Gambir.
Petojo Selatan
Village
Petojo Selatan is an administrative village in the Gambir district of Indonesia. It has a postal code of 10160.
Gambir
Village
Photo: A2613, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gambir is an administrative village in the Gambir district of Jakarta, Indonesia. It has a postal code of 10110.
Kampung Bali
Village
Kampung Bali is an administrative village in the Tanah Abang district of Indonesia. It has postal code of 10250.
National Museum
- Categories: national museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Greater Jakarta, Western Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“National Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الوطني الإندونيسي”
- Armenian: “Ինդոնեզիայի ազգային թանգարան”
- Balinese: “Museum Nasional Indonésia”
- Banjar: “Musium Nasiunal Indunisia”
- Basque: “Indonesiako Museo Nazionala”
- Bengali: “ইন্দোনেশিয়া জাতীয় জাদুঘর”
- Betawi: “Gedong Jodo”
- Catalan: “Museu Gajah”
- Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Indonèsia”
- Chinese: “印度尼西亚国家博物馆”
- Chinese: “印度尼西亞國家博物館”
- Chinese: “大象博物館”
- Czech: “Národní muzeum Indonésie”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Museum van Indonesie”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Museum van Indonesië”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف اندونيسيا الوطنى”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Indonezio”
- French: “musée national d’Indonésie”
- French: “Musée national d’Indonésie”
- Georgian: “ინდონეზიის ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
- German: “Indonesisches Nationalmuseum”
- German: “Museum Nasional Indonesia”
- Indonesian: “Munas”
- Indonesian: “Museum Gajah”
- Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Indonesia”
- Indonesian: “Museum Nasional”
- Irish: “Músaem Náisiúnta na hIndinéise”
- Italian: “Museo nazionale dell’Indonesia”
- Japanese: “インドネシア国立博物館”
- Javanese: “Museum Nasional Indonesia”
- Javanese: “Musiyum Nasiyonal Indonésia”
- Korean: “인도네시아 국립박물관”
- Malay: “Museum Nasional Indonesia”
- Malayalam: “ഇന്തോനേഷ്യൻ ദേശീയ മ്യൂസിയം”
- Minangkabau: “Museum Nasional Indonesia”
- Persian: “موزه ملی اندونزی”
- Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe Indonezji”
- Russian: “Национальный музей Индонезии”
- Sinhala: “ඉන්දුනීසියාවේ ජාතික කෞතුකාගාරය”
- Sinhala: “ගජා කෞතුකාගාරය”
- Spanish: “Museo nacional de Indonesia”
- Sundanese: “Museum Nasional Indonésia”
- Sundanese: “Musieum Nasional Indonésia”
- Tamil: “இந்தோனேசியாவின் தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம்”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์แห่งชาติอินโดนีเซีย”
- Ukrainian: “Національний музей Індонезії”
- Welsh: “Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Indonesia”
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