Museums and galleries in Bandung

Museums and galleries in Bandung

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   Geological Museum

   Museum Geologi Bandung

   Houses 250,000 rocks, a mineral collection, and 60,000 fossils. There are 3 major rooms in the museum: the geology of Indonesia, the history of life and the geology of human life. The building itself has an art-deco style, built in 1928 by a Dutch architect H. Menalda van Schouwenburg. Recommended museum by locals. Part of museum fully Indonesian and English texts but part with almost none.

   Tue-Thu 09:00-15:00; Mon Fri closed; Sat Sun 09:00-14:00·Ticket student Rp 2,000, public Rp 3,000, foreigner Rp 10,000 and pre-register on https://museum.geologi.esdm.go.id/tiket (can be done at entrance)

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   Museum Barli

   Art museum established by and named after Indonesian painter Barli Sasmitawinata (1921-2007). The collection consists of paintings of Barli himself and other Indonesian painters, as well as vintage toys and comic books. Children are invited to follow comic drawing classes.

   Sat-Thu 09:00-17:00; Fri closed

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   Museum Mandala Wangsit Siliwangi

   Military Museum

   Arms museum. The building was constructed around 1910 in Romanticist style, and was the house of Dutch army major general H. ter Poorten. The collection consists mainly of weapons used during the Japanese invasion and the Indonesian War of Independence, as well as items related to certain events that happened during these wars, such as the Bandung Lautan Api incident of 1946, when Indonesian nationalists on purpose burned down large parts of South Bandung, clothes, painting and photos. No photo/video allowed. Limited English description (~20%).

   Mon-Sat 08:00-14:00·No fixed price, request maintenance contribution, recommended Rp 10,000

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   Museum of the Asian-African Conference

   Museum Konferensi Asia Afrika; Gedung Merdeka

   The Merdeka Building was built in 1895, but completely refurbished in 1920 to a design by Dutch architect Charles P. Wolff Schoemaker, as a club house for the Concordia Society of rich colonials. The building was renovated in 1940 by A.F. Aalbers, the architect of the Savoy Homann hotel across the street. The building was renamed Gedung Merdeka ('Independence Building') after Indonesian independence, and was the venue of the 1955 Bandung Conference, the first meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (the Asian-African Conference). Now, the building houses a museum on that conference.

   Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun 09:00-16:00·Free entrance

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   Post-, Telegraaf- en Telefoondienst

   Pos Indonesia headquarters

   Built by the Dutch East Indies government in 1920-1931 as the headquarters of the postal, telegraph and telephone service. The building is now used as the headquarters of Indonesia's postal service, and for the Postal Museum.

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   Postal Museum

   Museum Pos

   The Postal Museum was established upon the completion of the building, in 1931. Initially, the collection mainly consisted of postal stamps from the Dutch East Indies. Nowadays, it is a complete museum, covering Indonesia's postal history from the beginning of colonial times in the 17th century, until the present. An audio tour guide is available in Indonesian and English.

   Mon-Fri 09:00-16:00, Sat 09:00-13:00·Free entrance

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   Sri Baduga Museum

   Museum Negeri Sri Baduga

   Archeological and geological exhibitions related to the province of West Java, such as Sundanese crafts, furnishings, geologic history, and natural diversity.

   Tue-Sun 08:00-16:00 (closed Mondays)

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Bandung (CC BY-SA 4.0).