Aceh Tsunami Museum Symbolic Monument
EXPLORATIONINDONESIA.COM - The Aceh Tsunami Museum is located in Banda Aceh which was designed as a symbolic monument to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami centered in Aceh.
It is also a disaster education center and an emergency shelter if a tsunami occurs again.
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| Aceh Tsunami Museum |
This museum is here to add a variety of choices of tourist attractions in Aceh that already exist before.
The tsunami museum is located on Jalan Sultan Iskandar Muda near Simpang Jam and across from Blang Padang Square, Banda Aceh city and was inaugurated in February 2008.
The purpose of this museum was to commemorate the earthquake that caused the 2004 tsunami, besides that it is also an educational center and as an evacuation center if the tsunami disaster strikes again.
This museum building was designed by an architecture lecturer at ITB Bandung, M. Ridwan Kamil.
The design, entitled Rumoh Aceh as Escape Hill, takes the basic idea of rumoh Aceh, which is a traditional Acehnese house in the form of a house on stilts.
This museum was built with funds of around Rp. 70 billion and has 2 floors. The 1st floor is an open area that can be seen from the outside and its function is as a place to commemorate the tsunami event.
On the 1st floor, there are several rooms that contain traces of the 2004 tsunami. These include the tsunami, pre-tsunami, post-tsunami, and post-tsunami showrooms.
In addition, several images of tsunami events, tsunami trace artifacts, and dioramas are also on this floor.
One of them is a diorama of a fishing boat that was hit by a tsunami and a diorama of a PLTD Apung ship that was stranded in Punge Blang Cut.
While on the 2nd floor the museum contains learning media in the form of a library, teaching aids room, 4D (four-dimensional) room, and a souvenir shop.
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| images of tsunami events |
The props displayed include: earthquake-resistant building designs, and earth fault diagram models. In addition, there are several facilities that continue to be improved, such as a disaster painting room, diorama, library, 4-dimensional room, and a cafe.
The exterior of this museum expresses the diversity of Acehnese culture with decorative ornaments with elements of transparency such as woven bamboo.
The interior appearance will lead you to contemplate the terrible calamity suffered by the Acehnese as well as surrender and acknowledge the power and power of God.
The Aceh Tsunami Museum was built on the initiative of several institutions, namely the Aceh-Nias Reconstruction Agency, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the Aceh Regional Government, the Banda Aceh City Government, and the Indonesian Architects Association.
The museum building consists of 4 levels with Islamic decorations. From the outside it can be seen that this building is shaped like a ship, with a beacon standing on top of it.
The extraordinary exterior appearance that expresses the diversity of Acehnese culture can be seen from the decorative ornaments, elements of transparency of the outer skin of the building.
This ornament symbolizes the saman dance as a reflection of the Hablumminannas, namely the concept of human relations in Islam.
Every day this museum is always crowded with tourists, both local and foreign. The Tsunami Museum is open every day (except Friday) at 10.00-12.00 and 15.00-17.00.
The Tsunami Museum does not apply an entrance ticket or it is free, unless searchers want to watch 4D shows, a fee will be charged.
When entering the museum, the explorers will find a narrow alley with a waterfall that makes a roaring sound on both sides as if to remind the enormity of the tsunami waves.
The museum also displays an electronic simulation of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, photographs of victims and stories of survivors. The location of the museum is very easy to reach, both by public and private transportation.
If searchers want to visit this museum, they must first find Blang Padang Field which is located in the Kerkof cemetery complex because the location of this museum is right across from it.
Searchers will not be in vain when visiting this museum, because this tsunami museum is full of local wisdom values.
Entrance ticket price and opening and closing hours
The Aceh Tsunami Museum is open every day except Friday from 09.00 to 17.00, so you can come here anytime you want.
And the cool thing is, to be able to enjoy historical tours in it, you don't have to pay for buying tickets because this museum is free to visit.
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