Asian-African Conference Museum, History museum in Lengkong, Bandung, Indonesia.
The Asian-African Conference Museum is a building in Bandung that displays photographs, documents, and artifacts from a major international meeting of nations. The exhibition documents the ideas and decisions that emerged from this gathering.
The building hosted a conference in 1955 where leaders from many nations gathered to establish new principles for cooperation between countries. This meeting had lasting effects on how nations interact with one another.
The museum's name is tied to the 1955 Bandung Conference, which drew delegates from 29 Asian and African countries. The permanent exhibition includes a diorama of the conference's opening, made for the 1992 Non-Aligned Movement summit in Jakarta. A library opened in 2005 for the conference's 50th anniversary holds books and documents on Asian and African history and politics.
The museum occupies a separate wing beside Gedung Merdeka on Jalan Asia Afrika, at the corner with Jalan Braga; the entrance panel with gold lettering faces the street and flagpoles. The permanent exhibition and the library, opened for the 50th anniversary in 2005, are inside. The library added a Braille corner in 2009 for visitors with visual impairments.
The museum's diorama of the 1955 opening ceremony was commissioned for the 1992 Non-Aligned Movement summit in Jakarta, when Indonesia chaired the movement. It shows the first meeting of delegates from the 29 participating countries.
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