[JKT #2] Museum Taman Prasasti (Inscription Park Museum) - PART 1

The clock was showing 10.30 in the morning - until less than half an hour ago it had been raining - luckily when I got out of Museum Gajah, it had almost stopped. And when I arrived in front of Museum Taman Prasasti, the sun had been shining again.

If you see a white building in this shape...

Museum Taman Prasasti as seen from Jalan Tanah Abang 1

...that means you've reached the museum too!

Different from Museum Gajah or Monas, I've never previously been to Museum Taman Prasasti, and in fact I wasn't familiar with this museum at all - apart from its name and its location.

I assumed I know what's inside it: as the museum's name uses the word 'prasasti' (meaning 'writings in stone', or kind of), I assumed the museum contains a lot of prasasti like in Museum Gajah, but perhaps the collection is more varied as it focuses on prasasti only (as opposed to Museum Gajah which contains a wide variety of artifacts - not only prasasti).

Aand my second assumption is that the museum would be more outdoor-sy, as it uses the word 'taman' (meaning 'park').

Fueled with these two (shallow) assumptions, I walked closer towards the museum...

...and when I entered the front yard, I saw this on my right side:

A Dutch colonial cannon in the front yard of Museum Taman Prasasti

But when I turned to the left...

The museum sign in the front yard of Museum Taman Prasasti

...I thought "Ha? Why these statues have the whole Angels and Demons-slash-Ravenswood vibe in them?" They totally didn't fit the 'prasasti' stereotype that I had in mind.

A bit confused, but I continued anyway to the main door, and got a glimpse of what's actually inside the museum.

And guess what it is?

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