MUSEUM DI KOTA MEDAN

MUSEUM NORTH SUMATRA

Museum of North Sumatra, better known residents of North Sumatra Provincial State Museum (abbreviated Provsu State Museum) is located on Jl. H.M. No. Jhoni. Field 51. It is the largest museum in North Sumatra various cultural heritage of the nation, the arts and crafts of the various tribes in North Sumatra. The museum was built in 1954 and inaugurated on 19 April 1982 by the Minister of Education and Culture Daoed Joesoef.The museum is one of the best museums in Indonesia.

The state building

The museum stands on an area of ​​10,468 m2, consists of two-storey main building functioned as a permanent exhibition hall, temporary exhibition space, audio visual room / lecture, museum headroom, administration, guidance section of space, a library, a micro-film, computer room, and warehouse.

Collection

Until 2005, the Museum of North Sumatra has a collection of 6799. It consists of a replica of a typical animal Sumatra, replicas of ancient human fossils, dioramas of prehistoric life, as well as a variety of prehistoric tools. Meanwhile, other relics such as statues of Hindu-Buddhist relic, relics tombstone, Al-Quran, Azizi mosque replicas are here, as well as the Dutch colonial era tooling also collected. In addition, there is also a model of colonial figures and replicas of old Medan city life. Museum collection includes traditional and modern weapons, traditional medicine, communications equipment used against the invaders. Also featured paintings of heroism and wartime propaganda posters. And lastly, the photographs and paintings of the hero and former governor of North Sumatra are also collected here.

                   Coffin of Batak kings first (Peti Mati Raja-Raja Batak Dahulu)

Statue of ancient human (Patung Manusia Purba)

Development

In 2003 the number of visitors reached 73,032 in 2004 rose to 80 070, 81 031 visitors as of 2005 and July of this year to as much as 34 074 visitors. So, in 2006 he planned to project the museum visitors as much as 90 thousand. In 2006, the museum has znimasi and touch screen facilities. This is done to increase the number of visitors to 90 thousand. According to Sri Hartini exposure, Head Museum North Sumatra, that the animation technology that many children are hooked.  Besides that, be prepared for visitors kesuliatan elderly up and down the stairs to the second and third floor collection, please see on the big screen with touch screen technology, the entire room was able to visit the museum.

Andika, Staff Guidance and Education Provsu State Museum tells the previously most people especially children, many do not want to come to this museum, because the building is haunted. But not now. Andika also said that it has established cooperation with Thailand to promote their culture here (Medan) and vice versa. Also, note this museum visitors not only from local tourists, but tourists are also coming such as from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and China