Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Tsunami Museum in Aceh Indonesia
This museum building was designed by an architecture lecturer at the Bandung Institute of Technology, Ridwan Kamil. The design with the theme of Rumoh Aceh, the basic idea of Rumoh Aceh is the traditional house of the Acehnese people in the form of a house on stilts. This museum was built with funds of around Rp. 70 billion and has 2 floors. On 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.
This museum is here to increase the choice of tourist attractions in Aceh. The tsunami museum is located on Jalan Sultan Iskandar Muda, near Simpang Jam, and opposite Blang Padang Square in Banda Aceh. This museum was inaugurated in February 2008.
The purpose of the Tsunami museum is to commemorate the earthquake that caused the 2004 tsunami, besides that it is also an education center and as an evacuation center, should a tsunami strike again.
Part of the tsunami museum
1st floor
On the 1st floor, there are several rooms that contain traces of the 2004 tsunami. These include the tsunami, pre-tsunami, and post-tsunami exhibition halls. 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.
2nd Floor
On the 2nd floor, this museum contains learning media in the form of a library, teaching aids room, 4D (four-dimensional) room, and a souvenir shop. The props displayed include: earthquake-resistant building designs, and earth fault diagram models. In addition, there are several facilities that are continuously being improved, such as a disaster painting room, diorama, library, 4-dimensional room, and a cafe.
The exterior of the Tsunami 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 and 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 nuances of decoration. From the outside it can be seen that this building is shaped like a ship, with a lighthouse standing above it. The extraordinary exterior appearance that expresses the diversity of Acehnese culture can be seen from the decorative ornaments, elements of the transparency of the outer skin of the building.
This tsunami museum ornament symbolizes the saman dance as a reflection of the Hablumminannas, namely the concept of human relations in Islam.
Every day the tsunami museum is always crowded with tourists, both local and foreign. The Tsunami Museum is open every day (except Friday). The Tsunami Museum does not apply an entrance ticket or it is free, unless the tourists want to watch 4D shows, a fee will be charged.
When starting to enter the tsunami museum, tourists will find a narrow alley, with waterfalls that emit thunderous sounds on both sides, as if to remind tourists of the enormity of the tsunami waves.
The tsunami museum also displays an electronic simulation of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, photographs of victims and stories of survivors. The location of the tsunami museum is very easy to reach, either by public or private transportation. If tourists want to visit the tsunami museum, they will not be disappointed, because besides you traveling, you also gain knowledge and experience about how devastating the 2004 Tsunami was. View Tsunami Museum Location