Museum Fatahillah

The museum is often called the Museum Fatahilah, but its official name is the Jakarta History Museum. As the name implies, is showing the way digedung Jakarta since ancient city of Batavia. Colonial-style buildings with the surroundings are charming old buildings.

This museum was originally the City Hall Building (Staadhuis) in Batavia first built in 1627 (additional to the original buildings built between the years 1705 to 1715). In 1970 the building was renovated and on April 4, 1974, was inaugurated as the Jakarta History Museum.




Apart from being Staadhuis, this building is also a College van Schepen (Municipal Council) which handles a variety of criminal and civil cases antarwarga city of Batavia. For the defendants of a case which required to be tried in prison under the ground with his hands chained and soaked in water limited chest full of leeches.
For those convicted of crimes or are considered to rebel against the Dutch government, one that imposed punishment is hanging in front of Staadhuis. And when the execution would take place, the people around were invited to watch the way rang a bell which still remains attached to the top of the building. This is a warning to the public, so as not to oppose the Dutch. Some things "execution" is stored, including a long knife is used often used to behead the prisoner.
Collection
Jakarta History Museum displays include relics from the prehistoric period, replica relic of Tarumanegara and Pajajaran and Betawi culture collection. The most famous collections in this museum is the Antic-century furniture that shows 17-19 European style, China and Indonesia.
Other collections stored in the Jakarta History Museum is the VOC era coins, various dacin / scales, antique furniture from the 17th century - 19, archaeological objects from the pre-history, Maa Hindu Buddha until the Islamic period, ancient cannons and flags Fatahillah era. There are also paintings by Raden Saleh, a portrait of Governor-General of the VOC and old maps. Also exhibited a collection of cultural objects known Betawi people are a beginner communities residing in Jakarta.