BATAVIA OLD TOWN (museum Bank Mandiri)

Batavia Old City (museum Bank Mandiri)

Jakarta is capital city of Indonesia, almost 12 million people live here. Jakarta old name is Batavia, this given by Dutch several year ago before independent of Indonesia in 1945.
The location of colonial center in Batavia (now Jakarta) emphasis in north Jakarta. We can find many old buildings inheritance. I started this morning at 08:00 am From Ragunan Bus Trans Jakarta station to Mangga Dua, Bus transit at Dukuh Atas, only pay Rp. 3.500,00 goes by Bus Trans Jakarta it’s cheap and comfortable.

Mandiri Bank Museum at Jl. Lapangan Stasiun No. 1, Jakarta Barat. in front of Bus Trans Jakarta station & Train JakartaKota Station. Only show my Bank Mandiri ATM, I’m in this museum free without charge, but if we don’t have any Bank Mandiri ATM, we have to pay Rp. 3.500,00 only. It’s too cheap. In the museum gate, there are many brochures about this history.

History of the museum
Museum area10.039 m2, the beginning is the building of Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (NHM) or Factorji Batavia which is Nederland commercial than become Banking company.
After independent of Indonesia, Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (NHM) has been nationalization 1960 become official building Bank Koperasi Tani & Nelayan (BKTN) Urusan Ekspor Impor. Bank Exports Import of Indonesia (BankExim) stand on December 31, 1968, then NHM building become center of Bank Export import (Bank Exim), Bank Exim merger with Bank Dagang Negara (BDN), Bank Bumi Daya (BBD) dand Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo) to dalam Bank Mandiri (1999), so that building become Bank Mandiri asset.

Architecture
Museum Bank Mandiri Building (ex-Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (NHM), this building had planed by 3 Ditches architect, they are J.J.J de Bruyn, A.P. Smits and C. van de Linde, this building had built in 1929 and on January 14, 1933 grand opening by C.J Karel Van Aalst, President of 10th NHM. Building ex-NHM looks luxurious with Niew Zakelijk or Art Deco Classic style.

Museum collection
Museum collections existed by connectivity of old banking activities & its development. The collection is Bank Operational, old coin, bandkast etc. Old operational activity bank is unique like old cash deposit, old calculator, old printer, safe deposit box, obligation, bilyet, deposit certificated. Building interior and furniture is still original.
We can buy souvenir here, like t-shirt price around Rp. 50.000,00 , mug price Rp. 20.000,00, logo etc.

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