Kebangkitan Nasional Museum, Art museum in Senen, Indonesia
The Kebangkitan Nasional Museum is an art museum housed in a neo-Renaissance building from 1902 with large windows, high ceilings, and symmetrical architectural elements throughout. The structure preserves former classrooms, laboratories, dormitories, and dining areas that reveal how it functioned as a medical school in its early years.
The building was established in 1902 as STOVIA, a medical school created by Dutch authorities to train Indonesian doctors during health crises. Over time, this institution became a center where national leaders gathered and began shaping ideas for the country's future independence.
The collection reflects how medical education became intertwined with Indonesia's independence movement, and visitors can observe how this institution symbolized national awakening. The displays show how students gathered here to exchange ideas that later shaped the country's path to sovereignty.
The museum is located at Abdul Rahman Saleh Street 26 and opens Tuesday through Sunday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Visitors should allow enough time to explore the well-labeled exhibitions spread across the various rooms of the former school building.
The museum displays over 2,000 artifacts including medical instruments, photographs, paintings, and dioramas that document how a classroom became the birthplace of a national movement. The collection links everyday school objects with the nation-changing ideas that later emerged from these spaces.
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