Travel Indonesia by Mirdan

TMII Closes 3 Days on 25, 31 December 2020, 1 January 2021. To protect the community as well as to control Covid-19, the DKI Jakarta government will implement a strict control policy until the closure of public places during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Strict controls and closure of public facilities will be carried out for three days on 25, 31 December 2020, and 1 January 2021. As a substitute, the DKI Government has advised residents of the capital to take advantage of this holiday period by doing activities at home only. "There are many alternative fun activities that can be done, for example by taking a virtual tour, attending a virtual cultural arts festival, or doing other activities with the family." As for the areas that apply strict control and closure in Central Jakarta, there are 26 locations, East Jakarta 31 locations, West Jakarta 8 locations, North Jakarta 11 locations, South Jakarta 15 locations, and the Thousand Decree 3 locations. Central Jakarta, fo

Art lovers must have heard the name of Basoeki Abdullah. The paintings of Maestro Basoeki Abdullah have been displayed in many prestigious buildings and art galleries not only at home but also abroad.  The painter whose full name is Fransiskus Xaverius Basoeki Abdullah is a realist and naturalist painter. He is also a famous painter with a distinctive appearance in the form of sunglasses, a beret, a safari shirt and often smoking pipes. History records that Indonesia has had  a number of maestro painters.The late Basoeki Abdullah was one of them. He was famous as a portrait painter and inherited the talent of painting from his father, Abdullah Suryosubroto also a maestro in painting in his era.   Born in Surakarta, January 25 1915, he  moved to Holland in 1913 for further study in Arts. He spent many years there and received a Royal Certificate of Arts for his achievement, including in France and Italy for comparative study in a number of art schools. He defeated 87 internat

Museum Nasional, Jakarta. Development of virtual museum in National Museum, Jakarta and Museum of Sangiran, Central Java, is scheduled to complete in 2016. Visitors from al over the world with internet access can browse both museum virtually. Development concept started in 2014 with two pioneer museums : National Museum and Museum of Sangiran.  Virtual museum enables any body to watch a variety of historical object collection in these museums. Thereby, domestic students from Nanggroe Aceh Darusslam (NAD) to Papua, who may have obstacles coming to Jakarta and Central java, can view both museums through Internet. Globally, students from any corner of the world also may take advantage of this modern facilities. Despite the development on going,  the appearance of National Museum and Museum of Sangiran is already on internet. National Museum can be viewed at http://museumnasional.indonesiaheritage.org, while Museum of Sangiran http://cathatech.com/portfolio/virtualmuseum/. bot

The main gate of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah , abbreviated as TMII, is a culture-based recreational site in East Jakarta. It covers an area of about 250 acres (1.0 km 2 ). TMII lies at geographical coordinates of -6 ° 18'6.8'' L, 106° 53'47.2'' E. As Indonesia in miniature park, TMII attempts at displaying  the culture of Indonesia from all provinces in separate pavilions depicting all aspect of daily life. Since every ethnic has different shape and style, even more than one type of traditional building reflecting respective environment and culture, TMII presents provincial pavilions to represent all ethnic groups in 33 provinces. Provincial pavilion is built around a lake with a miniature of the Indonesian archipelago in the middle , thematically divided into six zones; Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua. Each pavilion featuring typical local building. Thus, the bulk of th

A Renovated Batavia Cafe. Kota Tua, Old Town , of Jakarta has been for a long ingored but since the era of Jakarta Baru [New Jakarta] under Pak Jokowi [Governor Joko Widodo] and Ahok [Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama], things are turning positively as they have great concerns about this heritage area and are truly committed to seeing it revitalized. Under the administration of Jokowi and Ahok, the provincial government founded the Jakarta Endowment for Arts and Heritage ( Jeforah ) a non-profit consortium, which consists of two government-owned companies, nine private companies, artists, architects, historians and many other experts, in early 2014.  The group’s members came together out of concern for the Old Town, vowing to carry out a revitalization project. Meanwhile, the city also established the Jakarta Old Town Revitalization Corporation (Jotrc) to carry out the ambitious plans under Jeforah’s guidance and supervision.A large number of stakeholders have

Old Map of Batavia, Old City or Kota Tua Jakarta Today. Jakarta as the capital of the country has a very interesting historical relics to visit . History of Jakarta is long , as one of the major port city in the archipelago , Jakarta has become one of the main entrance even since prehistoric times , has also been used as a major port by the Dutch in the colonial period before it became the capital of the Republic of Indonesia at the time of independence . Jakarta  is formerly called Batavia where sit the capital of the Dutch East Indies. As the center of the colonization in the East Indies during the period of 1610 to 1949, Batavia had witnessed the progression of area occupied extending inland ward from Northern Jakarta toward Central Jakarta. From  a wooden warehouse and small settlement in the east bank of the mouth of the Ciliwung river in 1610, currently in North Jakarta, following a treaty signed by the Prince of Jayakarta and the VOC (th

  Jakarta Great Sale Festival is again being held to welcome the celebration of the 488 th Anniversary of the city of Jakarta and concide with the Ramadhan. This year, Jakarta Great Sale theme "Jakarta Smart City, Smart Shopping" and was held on June 6 to July 12, 2015 with a total of 78 shopping malls and 10 traditional markets participating this year. There are a variety of activities on the implementation of the Jakarta Great Sale Festival (FJGS) in 2015, one of which is the Grand Midnight Sale or shopping until midnight. Discounts are offered from each participant FJGS also vary with a maximum discount of 70 percent.This year there are 18 malls that follow the Grand Midnight Sale around Jakarta with each participant Grand mal Midnight Sale it has a different schedule. The following schedule presents Grand Midnight Sale around Jakarta: 1. Grand Indonesia (26-27 June 2015). 2. Senayan City (3-5 July 2015). 3. Lotte Shopping Avenue (20-21 June 2015).

Agenda of the Festival of International Museum Day and the 237th year of Indonesia's National museum 2015 "Museums For A Sustainable Community: National Museum and Community Role" : April 24, the opening of festival ; May 17, fun walk; May 17 - 25, bazar at the Museum; May 18, 20, 22, kids fashion show; May 19, 21,23 Singing for Indonesia; May 23 & 24 , Workshop & Demontration of traditional kid games; April - May 20 , Short Movie Competition for high school students; May 25, celebration of International Museum Day Festival & 237th Year of National Museum of Infonesia.

As the capital city of Infonesia, DKI Jakarta presents not only modern man-made tourist destinations like shopping centers, theme parks, it also has " Old City"  area as a  unique object of tourism.    Map of Old City or Kota Tua Jakarta.   Jakarta Old City , also known as Old Batavia ( Oud Batavia ), is a small area in Jakarta , Indonesia . This particular region has an area of 1.3 square kilometers across the North Jakarta and West Jakarta. The area of Old City extends from coastal area of Sunda Kelapa port to Glodok. Museum of Fatahillah in Old City, Kota Tua, Jakarta.   The Administration of DKI Jakarta has revitalized many exotic old buildings in Old City to be preserved  as tourist attractions.The most famous part of Old City is   Museum Sejarah Jakarta   or the Museum of Jakarta History and its vicinity since along with the Museum of Fatahillah, these buildings are the epicentrum of the Old City. The Museum of Fatahillah is locat

if you Happen to be in Jakarta, a smart way to find out how diverse is the culture of Indonesia is by visiting Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (Miniature Beautiful Indonesia Garden). The Imax Theatre, Keong Emas. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or commonly abbreviated to TMII is one of the tourist attractions are located in Jl. Raya Taman Mini, East Jakarta. Built on a land area of 150 hectares, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah is one of the largest recreational park in Indonesia. The first stop of the city tour in Jakarta is at the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or "Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park". This enormous park has several museums, many of which are dedicated to the history and culture of the different ethnic groups in Indonesia. Transportation in TMII. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) is a culture-based park, featuring miniatures depicting the beauty and diversity of Indonesia in a small area in East Jakarta. Popularly known as Taman Mini, the content of thi

Taman Prasati Museum is located at Jl. 1 Tanah Abang, Jakarta, which can be achieved through Jalan Abdul Muis. Taman Prasati Museum is probably the only outdoor museum in Jakarta, where nearly all the collection of inscriptions are in the open air without protection. Probably because most of the inscription was made ​​of natural stone, marble or bronze that is resistant to weather changes. Taman Prasasti Museum was originally a Dutch cemetery, Kerkhof Laan, who became known as Kebun Ginger Kober cemetery. Area of ​​5.5 ha cemetery was built in 1795 to replace the cemetery next to the church Nieuw Hollandsche Kerk, now Puppet Museum, and of the Zion Church, as a result of prohibition issued Daendels not to bury the bodies in the ground around the church and personal property. Ginger Kebun Kober cemetery was closed in 1975 because there is no more space left. All the bodies in the cemetery Kebun Ginger Kober then transferred to another funeral, such as Menteng Pulo and Land coac

Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory is one of the three rides other than the simulated skies in Indonesia in Kutai, East Kalimantan, and Surabaya, East Java. The oldest planetarium is located in Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta. Jakarta Planetarium is an educational tourist facilities can present a show / demonstration simulation astrology or celestial objects. Visitors are invited to wander the universe to understand the conception of the universe through the event-by-event. Jakarta Planetarium established in 1964 President Sukarno initiated and submitted to the Government of Jakarta in 1969 is also available in the exhibition space objects space that serves a variety of photos and a full description of the various forms of galaxies, galaxy formation theories accompanied by the introduction of previously held figures behind the rise of the theory. In the exhibition space, there is also a display space used clothes the skies, including landing on the moon. Some other equipment fo

Do you know Artha Reksa Museum? Indeed, not many people know this, or as famous museums such as the National Monument and Museum Fatahillah. In fact, the museum has an important role to the history of Indonesia. Museum Artha Reksa or the means to store objects as a means of making money built by Mr. H. Rev. Hagono. He was the Director of State Owned Money Printing Company (PERURI) on December 15, 1987. Then was inaugurated on January 30, 1989. After independence on August 17, 1945, Indonesia has not fully use the currency as it is today. At that time there were three valid currencies, one of which is the ringgit. And just on October 30, 1946, Oeang Republic of Indonesia (ORI) came into effect and outstanding as the only legal tender. Not only that, it turns out the role of the pioneer Printing ORI experienced a long period before the money is approved. This Artha Mutual Museum must be visited, because the museum holds a wide range of printing machines, cutting