Sri Baduga Museum

Museum Sri Baduga
Sri Baduga Museum
Established	5 June 1980
Location	Jalan B.K.R. 185 Tegallega, Bandung
Coordinates	6°56′16″S 107°36′13″E / 6.937808°S 107.603578°E / -6.937808; 107.603578
Type	culture
Owner	Government of West Java Province
Public transit access	Trans Metro Bandung: Corridor 4 (Tegallega)
Nearest car park	available
Website	Museum Sri Baduga Website

Sri Baduga Museum (Indonesian Museum Sri Baduga) is a state museum located in Bandung, Indonesia. As a state museum, the museum features various items related with the province of West Java, such as Sundanese crafts, furnishings, geologic history, and natural diversity.

History

Sri Baduga Museum was first founded in 1974 within a building formerly used as the government office of the Kawedanan Tegallega, a former administrative division within Bandung. On 5 June 1980, the museum was officially founded as Museum Negeri Propinsi Jawa Barat ("State Museum of West Java Province") by the Ministry of Education and Cultural at that time, Dr. Daud Yusuf. In 1990, the museum was renamed Museum Negeri Propinsi Jawa Barat Sri Baduga ("Sri Baduga State Museum of West Java Province") or Sri Baduga Museum, after a 15th-century Sundanese King Sri Baduga Maharaja.^[1]

Collection

Sri Baduga Museum collects items related with the Province of West Java. The collection is spread over three floors. The first floor displays the initial development of the natural history and culture of West Java. The history of West Java is described by a display of heritage items from the prehistoric era to the Hindu-Buddhist era.

The second floor includes an exhibition of traditional cultural objects which were important for living, trade and transport, as well as the influence of the Islam and European culture, the history of national struggle, and various seals of cities in West Java.

The third floor contains ethnographic collections in the form of fabrics, art and ceramics.