Information Museum, Communication museum in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Indonesia
The Information Museum (Museum Penerangan) is a three-storey building in the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah complex, shaped as a five-pointed star that stands for Pancasila and the five information media: face-to-face and traditional communication, radio, television, film, and press and graphics. A cone-shaped broadcast antenna on a cylindrical support tops the roof, and above the first-floor door an inscription reads Dahana Ambuka Wiwaraning Bumi, meaning fire or light that opens the darkness of the world.
The museum opened in 1993 following a government initiative to document the history of communication technologies and media in Indonesia. It was part of a broader program to preserve and share the country's broadcasting and information heritage with the public.
The museum displays recreated broadcast studios from RRI radio and TVRI television dating to the 1990s, along with original props from the children's series Si Unyil. These exhibits show how journalists worked in radio and television newsrooms and what kind of entertainment shaped Indonesian media for generations.
The museum is inside the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah complex and opens daily from 9:00 to 15:00 WIB. There is no separate museum ticket; visitors pay only the Taman Mini entrance fee. Groups should reserve in advance through the museum's call center.
The monument in front of the museum is called Api Tak Kunjung Padam, meaning the fire that never goes out. It stands for the spirit of information workers, and the waterfall and fountain beside it represent two-way communication between government, society and the mass media.
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