North Sumatra Museum

Museum Sumatera Utara

Established| 19 April 1982
Location| Jln. H.M. Jhoni No. 51, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Visitors| 73.032 (in 2003)
80.070 (in 2004)
81.031 (in 2005)
Director| Sri Hartini

The North Sumatra Museum or locally known as Northern Sumatra Museum, is a state-owned museum located along H.M Jhoni Street, Medan, Indonesia. This museum is the largest museum in North Sumatra and includes a variety of cultural heritage of Indonesia, as well as art and crafts from various ethnic groups in North Sumatra.

## Overview

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This museum building was constructed in 1954. The museum itself was inaugurated on April 19, 1982 by the Minister of Education and Culture, Daoed Joesoef.[citation needed] This museum is one of the foremost museums in Indonesia.[1]

The museum stands on an area of 10,468 m2 and consists of a main building of two floors which functions as a permanent exhibition space, a place for temporary exhibitions, an audio-visual room/lecture, administration, and other supportive parts of the overall arrangements.[2][3]

## Collections

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In 2005, the museum had 6,799 collection consist on animal replicas typical of Sumatra, fossil replicas of early humans, dioramas of prehistoric life, as well as a variety of prehistoric tools.[3] Other relics such as statues of Hindu – Buddha relics, tombstones heritage, Al-Qur'an, a replica of Masjid Azizi is here, and also historical tooling around Dutch Colonial era also collected. In addition, there is also a model of colonial figures and replicas of Medan city life around past era. Collectibles include traditional and modern weapon, medicine – traditional medicine, communications equipment used against the invaders. Also featured paintings of heroism and wartime propaganda poster. Photographs and paintings of heroes and former governors of Northern Sumatra also presented.

## References

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1. ^ "Museum Sumatera Utara". punyamarga.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
2. ^ Sari Suwito (24 November 2011). "Sejenak Berkeliling Museum Negeri Sumatera Utara Medan". travel.detik.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
3. ^ a b "Museum Negeri Provinsi Sumatera Utara". Museum Indonesia. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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