The North Sumatra Museum or locally known as ''Northern Sumatra Museum'', is a state-owned museum located along H.M Jhoni Street,

Medan Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four main ...

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. This museum is the largest museum in

North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and ...

and includes a variety of

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of Indonesia, as well as art and crafts from various ethnic groups in North Sumatra.

Overview

This museum building was constructed in 1954. The museum itself was inaugurated on April 19, 1982 by the

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, Daoed Joesoef. This museum is one of the foremost museums in

. 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.

Collections

In 2005, the museum had 6,799 collection consist on animal replicas typical of Sumatra,

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replicas of early humans, dioramas of prehistoric life, as well as a variety of prehistoric tools. Other relics such as statues of

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–

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relics, tombstones heritage, Al-Qur'an, a replica of Masjid Azizi is here, and also historical tooling around

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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

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– 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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