Bala Putra Dewa Museum

This Museum was built in 1977 designed with Palembang traditional architectural above 23.565 meters square area and has been opened on November, 5, 1984. At the first, the museum was called as Museum Negeri Sumatra Selatan, and then base on mandate letter of Indonesian education and cultural ministry no: 1223/1990 in April, 4, 1990 the museum has given a new name, Museum Negeri Provinsi Sumatra Selatan Bala Putra Dewa. Bala Putra Dewa is taken from the name of Sriwijaya empire king that ruled South Sumatra in 7th-8th century, he made Sriwijaya became a glorious empire.
Inside the museum, saved many collections that present various of South Sumatra culture and environment. The exhibits at the museum gallery include histography etnography and felology things, ceramics, modern tech, artistic craft, flora, fauna and geology. In additional to that, there are also ‘Limas’ house and purely Ulu’s house.

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