National Awakening Museum, Historical museum in Senen, Jakarta, Indonesia.
The National Awakening Museum occupies a four-sided colonial building completed in 1901 as STOVIA, the medical school for native students. Visitors see the former classrooms, laboratories, dormitory, sports area, canteen, kitchen and hall, plus a library run by Komunitas Buku Berkaki. Its 2,042 items are shown in four rooms: Early Revolution, National Awareness, Revolution and the Boedi Oetomo memorial.
The building was constructed from 1899 to 1901 and first functioned as STOVIA, a medical school for local students under colonial rule. During World War II, Japanese forces repurposed it as a detention facility for Dutch prisoners of war.
The museum documents Indonesia's struggle for independence and the awakening of national consciousness among its people. Visitors walk through spaces that show how this movement shaped the nation and continues to matter today.
The museum is at Jalan Abdurrahman Saleh No. 26, next to RSPAD Gatot Subroto and near Pasar Senen. The complex is a quadrilateral with exhibition rooms around courtyards, so expect to walk between buildings. The entrance is on the street side; lockers are not mentioned, so carry only what you need.
The building's four-sided complex once housed four separate museums: Budi Utomo, Women, Pers and Health. They were merged into the National Awakening Museum on 7 February 1984. The former Ambonese residents were moved to Cengkareng, Jakarta.
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