Experience Visiting the Aceh Museum

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Hello Everyone.
This is my first trip to Aceh Museum. Previously, I only saw about the Aceh Museum on social media. But on Friday I was able to visit there. The Aceh Museum is located at Jalan Sultan Mahmudsyah number 10, Peuniti, Baiturrahman District-Banda Aceh City. This museum has been established in 1915, which was inaugurated by the Dutch General, Henri Nicolas Alfred Swart. Henri Nicolas Alfred Swart was a volunteer soldier, but in 1890 he was knighted with the rank of second lieutenant.

Currently, the Aceh Museum belongs to the Aceh government, and in 2019, the museum has more than five thousand collections of cultural objects as well as various other historical books. I was out of luck getting there as I didn't have enough time to see the collection of historical items kept in the building. So I also immortalized several collections of combat equipment near the Aceh Museum. There is combat eqequipment thenis small in size, but I think it can kill a lot of people.

This is Rumoh Aceh made of wooden materials such as walls and columns without the use of nails, so it is very easy to disassemble. Likewise, the roof, the roof is fitted with thatched leaves that are woven neatly so that it does not generate heat when inside.

On the walls of Rumoh Aceh, there are beautiful carvings of flora and painted with gold paint as well as wooden stairs painted in black.

Lonceng Cakra Donya
Below is the Big Bell which is located Beside Rumoh Aceh and we call it the "Donya Cakra Bell". The bell is in the shape of a stupa and was made in 1409 AD. Currently the bell is a Cultural Heritage Object and is well cared for.

Cannon Collection
Not too far from the Aceh Museum, I walked towards the Cannon Collection which was in the courtyard. I was very interested in the cannon and I felt like I was in the past at the time of the war.

Below I think is the Jahan Kosha Cannon or Great Gun. This cannon is very long compared to other types of cannons in front of the Aceh Museum building. Some of the cannons that I managed to photograph while there were from small to large sizes and here are the pictures.