On 3rd July 2010 I was visited Indonesian National Museum at Jakarta. It is local well known as "Gedung Gajah" which means is Elephant Building.
The museum established on 24th April 1778 by Dutch intellectuals group of science.
The Museum was officially opened in 1868 and some called Gedung Arca (The house of Statues). It was called Gedung Gajah on account of the bronze elephant statue in the front yard a gift by King of Siam in 1871.
In 2007, a new building to the north side of existing building was opened, featuring many artifacts from prehistoric times to modern times. This new building, called Gedung Arca (Statue Building), provides a new exhibition wing. The old building is named as Gedung Gajah (Elephant Building).
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.
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