Museum of Telecommunications, Telecommunication history museum in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Museum of Telecommunications is a museum in Jakarta, Indonesia, that exhibits a wide range of communication devices spanning from traditional Indonesian instruments to modern digital technology systems. The collection brings together both analog and digital technologies in one location, showing how communication has evolved over time.
The Museum of Telecommunications opened on 20 April 1991, inaugurated by President Soeharto to mark the sixteenth anniversary of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. It was run by the Department of Tourism, Posts and Telecommunications together with Telkom and Indosat. After the department was dissolved, Telkom took over sole management and the building deteriorated; it was demolished in January 2022 during TMII's revitalisation.
The collection displays traditional Indonesian communication tools such as wooden drums, gongs, and bells that communities relied on before electricity arrived. These objects show how people stayed connected across distances long ago.
The museum was demolished in early 2022, so there are no exhibition halls or theater to visit; its site is now Plaza Gajah Mada, an open green space in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. The Gajah Mada statue that stood at the museum entrance has been moved to the southwest end of the plaza. The plaza forms an axis toward the Pancasila Flame Monument and eases pedestrian access from gates 1 and 3.
The Gajah Mada statue that stood at the museum's entrance, with the Mahapatih raising his kris, was kept after the 2022 demolition and moved to the southwest end of Plaza Gajah Mada, the public green space that replaced the museum.
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