Museum Tanah dan Pertanian, Soil and agriculture museum in Bogor, Indonesia.
The Museum Tanah dan Pertanian showcases Indonesia's diverse soil types through extensive collections of soil samples, traditional farming tools, and interactive displays explaining land management techniques used throughout the archipelago.
Originally established as an Agrogeology and Soil Laboratory around 1900 during Dutch colonial rule, the building was transformed into a museum in 1988 with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and international collaboration with ISRIC Wageningen Netherlands.
The museum preserves traditional Indonesian farming practices and showcases the cultural significance of land ownership, featuring stories of farming communities and their relationship with soil conservation across different regions of the archipelago.
The museum sits at Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 98 in the Gudang area of Central Bogor, 1.1 km from Baranangsiang bus terminal and 3.8 km from Bogor railway station. Entry is free: Monday to Thursday 09:00-15:00, and Saturday to Sunday 09:00-12:00. It is closed on Fridays.
The museum's soil collection was assembled as a reference for agricultural development and for soil survey and mapping work, not as a display for visitors alone. Its holdings range from small-scale macromonoliths of soils from across Indonesia to rock samples, fertiliser examples, soil-testing kits, maps, scale models and survey instruments.
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