Bali Museum is a
local museum collecting the old prehistoric and historic objects related to
Bali Island to preserve the local cultures from modern influences. There is
a glorious temple of Jagatnatha located in the north side of museum,
meanwhile in front of it were set the Puputan Badung (Badung Courtyard) and
four face statue (Catur Muka Statue). The development of Bali Museum is begun
by the existence of initiative how to vitally the heritage of Balinese culture
and taking care of, preserve and maintaining. The initiative is based on the
existence of feeling to worry, that there is symptom a kind of culture erosion,
so that the cultural heritage become totally disappeared, lose, what omit only
photograph and documentations.
LOCATION
Bali Museum is
strategically located in the heart of Denpasar Town in Jalan Letkol Wisnu. 5
minutes from traditional market of Kumbasari, 15 minutes from Sanur, 25 minutes
from Kuta and 40 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport.
INTERESTING
POINT
The object
collections which are kept in Bali Museum can be classified become the
prehistoric object collection like: the Grave Petrify (sarkopag), the object
collection coming from history era like: stupika clay containing superstitious
formula Ye Te, the bronze statues (Hindu and Budha statues) and ethnography object collection like Keris, Endek Cloth, and
religious ceremony equipments (Sangku, Cecepan and Sidakarya mask). In its
growth, now Bali Museum have been opened generically and become the tourist
destination in Denpasar Town.
