Bank Indonesia Museum () is a bank museum located in
Surabaya
Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...
,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
. It was officially founded by
Bank Indonesia
Bank Indonesia (BI) is the central bank of the Republic of Indonesia. It replaced in 1953 the Bank of Java (, DJB), which had been created in 1828 to serve the financial needs of the Dutch East Indies.
History
Bank of Java
King William ...
and was opened on 27 January 2012 after its restoration. The museum occupies a building formerly known as ''De Javasche Bank'', the central bank of
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...
. After the Indonesian Independence the building continued to function as the Bank Indonesia's branch in Surabaya until 1973. The museum is closed on Monday and public holidays. It has no entrance fee.
History
De Javasche Bank opened a branch in Surabaya on 14 September 1829. By 1904 the original building that occupied the plot was demolished and was rebuilt with an area of 1,000 square metres. It was designed in a similar manner to De Javasche Bank headquarter in Batavia, with
Neo-Renaissance
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival ar ...
architecture and Javanese adornment.
The museum
The museum has 3 floors and displays the history of the banking system in Indonesia, old photos of Surabaya and old currencies. The museum display is divided into 3 rooms:
*Collection of old currencies Room - The room formerly functioned as safe deposit room and is used to display old currencies of Indonesia.
*Collection from conservation Room - The room contains building materials which were replaced for the conservation, as well history of the bank's construction.
*Collection of cultural treasure Room - The room displays old bank machinery and equipment.
Gallery
File:2016 De Javasche Bank.jpg, Main room of BI Surabaya Museum
File:2016 De Javasche Bank. Safe door.jpg, Safe door in the basement
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het kantoor van de Javasche Bank in Soerabaja TMnr 10015463.jpg, De Javasche Bank Surabaya in 1910s
See also
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List of museums and cultural institutions in Indonesia
This list includes many museums and cultural institutions in Indonesia (including aquariums, zoos, and botanical gardens, following the definition of the International Council of Museums).
Heritage buildings such as candi, mosques, colonial ...
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Museum Bank Indonesia
Bank Indonesia Museum (, occasionally called Museum BI), also called in English officially as BI Museum, is a bank museum located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was founded by Bank Indonesia and opened on 21 July 2009. The museum is housed in a heritag ...
, Jakarta
References
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Buildings and structures in Surabaya
Tourist attractions in East Java
Museums in East Java
Bank museums