Maritime Museum

Local name
LocationJakarta, Indonesia

The Maritime Museum is located in the old Sunda Kelapa harbor area in Penjaringan Administrative Village, Penjaringan Subdistrict, Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum was inaugurated inside the former Dutch East India Company warehouses. The museum focuses on the maritime history of Indonesia and the importance of the sea to the economy of present-day Indonesia.

The museum displays models of fishing boats and other maritime objects from different parts of Indonesia. The museum also exhibits the celebrated Pinisi schooners of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, which at present make up one of the last sea-going sailing fleets in the world. In January 2018, much of the museum was destroyed by a fire. The goods inside the burnt museum were evacuated later than from the fire. The cause of the fire was caused by the electric short circuit.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Museum_(Indonesia)

Official Website http://www.museumbahari.org/

Phone +62 21 669 3406

Address Jl. Pasar Ikan 1, Jakarta Capital Region 14440, Indonesia

Coordinates -6°7'35.977" N 106°48'29.752" E

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