Museum Siwa Lima, Museum in Nusaniwe, Indonesia

Museum Siwalima stands on a hill in the Taman Makmur area of Amahusu village, Nusaniwe district, about 5 kilometres from Ambon city, facing Ambon Bay. Its three exhibition rooms display Nusantara and Maluku bridal costumes, Maluku history with original buildings, customary dress, agricultural tools, weapons, old currency and Chinese Ming ceramics, and a maritime room with whale and crocodile skeletons and transport craft.

Museum Siwalima was founded on 8 November 1973 and inaugurated on 26 March 1977 in the Taman Makmur area of Amahusu, Nusaniwe, on a hill above Ambon Bay. It began with collections of Maluku customs and culture and later grew to three exhibition rooms, including bridal dress, Maluku history and maritime displays. Its roughly 5,300 objects come mostly from the regencies of Maluku Tenggara Barat, Maluku Barat Daya and Maluku Tengah.

The name Siwalima joins siwa (nine) and lima (five), the two social groupings of Maluku societies, called PataSiwa and PataLima in Central Maluku and UrSiw and Urlim in Southeast Maluku. The groups differ in architecture and life-cycle ceremonies but share language, origin myths and belief systems. At the entrance visitors pass the words Usu Mae Upu, meaning "please come in".

Plan enough time to explore the three exhibition halls and watch live demonstrations if available. Weekday visits offer better opportunities to see local music performances and traditional crafts being demonstrated.

The maritime hall displays whale and crocodile skeletons alongside boats and other transport used in Maluku from past to present. The museum holds about 5,300 objects in ten collection types, from geology and biology to ceramics and fine art, but only part is on show: exhibits are rotated every five years.