Indonesian Plantation Museum, Agricultural museum in Medan Maimun, Indonesia
The Indonesian Plantation Museum is an agricultural museum in Medan that focuses on the history and methods of plantation farming. The exhibits cover major crops like palm oil, rubber, coffee, and tea with documents and practical examples of how they are grown.
The museum was founded in 2016 and documents the development of Sumatra's agricultural landscape. The region was once a center of tobacco growing in the 1800s before shifting to modern plantations.
The museum's rooms are named after figures in Sumatra's plantation history: Sultan Ma'mun Al Rasyid, Said Abdullah and Jacobus Nienhuys. Displays trace plantation crops that became globally traded from the 18th century onward, and the site also holds a chocolate house run by the Indonesian Oil Palm Research Centre.
The museum occupies a two-storey building on Jalan Brigjen Katamso No. 53 in Medan Maimun, sharing its grounds with a café and a chocolate house run by the Indonesian Oil Palm Research Centre. The ground floor presents plantation themes through graphics, while the upper floor holds historic artefacts. The aircraft, locomotive and rail head in the front yard are outdoors, so plan for heat and rain.
The museum is run by a research institute focused on palm oil studies that shares current discoveries about growing methods. This connection to active research makes it more than just a history collection.
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