Indonesia's national museum reopens: New exhibition showcases repatriated artefacts

Indonesia’s National Museum is welcoming back visitors – a year after a fire tore through the building, destroying many historic artefacts.
A new exhibition is showcasing repatriated items taken by the Netherlands during the colonial period.

Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from Jakarta.

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[tstanmoysamanta]

Feels like watching Indian Indonesia for respecting its heritage.

[MLWitteman]

As a staff member working in a museum in the Netherlands, I’m glad to see that these objects have returned to their rightful home. Thankfully the relationship between Indonesia & the Netherlands, is doing well nowadays. I do hope to see the objects that have been in Dutch museums, when I’ll be able to visit Indonesia. Much love from the Netherlands

[albatross]

I realy realy love Indonesia from India 🇮🇳

[geschmackj]

If you visit the museum, you will find tons of Hindu statues such as Nandi (they have Nandi themed garden), Ganesha, Buddha Bhairava, etc.

[darwinqpenaflorida]

Wow I love to visit museums in Indonesia like this one 😊😊

By the way, Indonesians are welcome to visit the National Museum of the Philippines to explore the culture of the Philippines and the connection of Indonesia 😊😊

Since the successful visit to the National Museum in Manila, I wish to visit some museums in Indonesia to see the culture of Indonesia like arts 😊😊

See you in Indonesia next year and I will be waiting for you 😊😊

Love from Calamba City Laguna in the Philippines 🇵🇭💕🇮🇩

[manikkalore]

Thank you Indonesia for taking care of these artifact's. Love from India.

[Dheeraj-yf]

The thing i noticed is that- indonesians are much tolerant and accepted when talking about their hindu heritage compared to pakistanis and bangladeshis

[Soccerfansbase]

if you want to learn about Indonesian medieval history, go to the Dutch museum where our manuscripts, relics and artifacts are there, ironically we have to go far to learn about our own history,

[ZH]

It just showed us that Indonesia was a nation of a very long history of past glorious civilization!
It was similar to the great Persian Empire (now Iran) before the Arab invasion.

[devashisnanda]

It's Sanatan Dharma written all over it. That's our nandi bull🙏

[dyon]

National museum is one of dozens museums available to visit in Jakarta for museum-goers and future generations as it has modernized technological features.

[rajshekarrajshekar]

Keeping artifacts in international Conservation Centers will hopefully preserved for future generations, if generations want to revisit one own heritage..

[sutediheriyonoBaladMaUng]

Negara dengan sejarah yg panjang adl Negara besar, Indonesia negara besar dimana seni, budaya juga teknologi sudah berkembang sejak prasejarah.

[KhomAsian]

ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​ពិពិធកម្ម​ពិភពលោក For the sake of diversify world and world peace in harmony. From the Native Khmer people in Mekong delta vn - aka Vietnamese Cambodian! Sending Love❤

[mercedesbenz]

Happy to see Nandi sitting outside the museum🙂

[dipendranathbhaduri]

Most of these articrafts are of Hindu & Buddhist origin...

[sudiptahira]

Jessica Washington
What a beautiful reporter.

[alinabintang]

Netherlands lebih baik daripada Inggris yang tidak mau mengembalikan harta kekayaan bangsa Indonesia yang di curi..
Shame on you Britain..
Shame on you..!

[Thatonlyone]

Indonesia has so much potential to beat any other asian country.

[d.l.c]

Been there in 1998. Quite dark, humid yet awesome history.