adityawarman-museum-padang

Museum of Adityawarman is the important culture’s museum in West Sumatra. The

architecture of this museum is like Rumah Gadang Minangkabau/ the traditional
house of Minangkabau. situate crossover of the Padang Culture’s Square, it is in
front of Natour Muara hotel , and nearby to Padang beach.

There are so many arts and cultures of minangkabau were display in there, and also
the remaining of war. Locate on Jalan Diponegoro in Padang city. It is nice place to
visit for cultural tourism. /r.j

The Museum Adityawarman in Padang, West Sumatra was struck by a powerful

earthquake at 17:16 pm on 30 September 2009. As a result a large section of the
complex of buildings was badly damaged and the Provincial Public Works Institution
declared that these were unsafe. The main museum building has been cordoned off
with red rope and the museum staff begun to remove the objects to safe storage.

Museum which was inaugurated in 1977 is located at Jalan Diponegoro No.. 10. The
extent of 2.5 hectares. In the museum yard there are rows of shade trees and
ornamental plants living pharmacy. Architectural form of Minangkabau traditional
house, Gajah Maharam. Still on the front page of the museum there are two rice
barns.

On the left side of the museum a special introduction to the Minangkabau kinship.
There was the royal throne, complete with accessories all of which are yellow. In
addition there are some luggage typical wedding seserahan West Sumatra, and a
set of function space gadang house at the wedding.

According to Dra. Usria D. Chief Adityawarman Museum collections of the museum's

collection which amounted to 6000 obtained from the entire territory of Indonesia.
The collection is divided into 10 groups, ie groups Geologika / Geografika among
other gems, granite, andesite, and mapping tools.

Biologika group (the human skeleton, animals, and plants), Etnografika (which
describes the culture of ethnic identity), Arkeologika (objects of prehistoric culture
to culture in the west), Historika (historical objects relating to the organization,
character and states), Numismatika / Heraldika (currency or medium of exchange /
service marks of rank, stamp, stamp), Filolo-logic (ancient manuscripts),
Keramologika (glassware), Fine Arts (artistic experiences through art objects 2 and
3 dimensions) , and Teknalogika (objects depicting traditional and modern
technology).

Museums are not just collecting historical objects from West Sumatra, but also of
the tribes in the archipelago.