Opening :

Good morning ladies and gentlemen .Welcome to Jakarta History Museum. Let me introduce myself,
my name is agung syah putra and I will your guide today in this museum, before , that would like to
tell you about the history of this building.

Museum Sejarah Jakarta / Jakarta Historical Museum

Jakarta Historical Museum is one of the favourite and most visited museum in Jakarta. It stores and
exhibits collections related to the history of Jakarta from prehistoric up to present.

The building was established in 1707 under the reign of Joan Van Hoorn and was inaugurated

in 1710 by the Governor General Abraham Van Riebeeck. It was initially used as a Town Hall

and also Court of Justic that has five dangeons under the building to detain the people who

committed criminals and political felony.

On March 30 1974 the building was inaugurated as Jakarta Historical Museum by the

Governor of DKI Jakarta Ali Sadikin.

Cirebon Room

This is called Cirebon Cannon, which was used to attack Portuguese in Sunda Kalapa. Altough ismall
but it has weight as 350 kg and made of bronze. Beside the cannon, we can see a pulpit

from an old mosque in Batavia. It was the place for Imam/Ustadz to give sermon.

Closing

Alright ladies and gentlemen, before we end the tour, do you have any questions?

Alright, if there's no more questions, I think this is the end of our tour.

We apologize if there's any inconvenience here and thank you for visiting this museum.

I hope you do enjoy the tour, and it is very nice to meet you.

See you