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| Archeological Museum Sangiran in Sragen |
Back to the first elementary school, almost every history teacher never mentions Sangiran site renowned as the location of the discovery of ancient human or Java called Pithecanthropus Erectus. Fossil discoveries German scientist named Von Koenigswald it can be found in the Museum Sangiran.
Driven by curiosity, we had stopped to Sangiran Museum is located in Sragen last week. Prior to admire the enormity of the hominid, was en route to the Archaeological Museum Sangiran fairly easy bother. The lack of a marker board to the location, was a challenge.
Entering Kalijambe in Sragen, then a traveler may find clues about the existence of the Archaeological Museum Sangiran. From the outside, the entrance to the Archaeological Museum Sangiran decorated by ornaments mammoth ivory looks cross, with the caption Museum Sangiran Ancient Man.
But before going into it, a traveler is required to pay the entrance ticket for Rp 5,000 and Rp 7,500 for foreign travelers. A very affordable price that also includes the price of admission to the museum know.
For the museum inventory records, each visitor who came were required to sign the guest book at the entrance of the museum. As information, Sangiran Archaeological Museum has three main exhibition halls which can be visited.
Sangiran Archaeological Museum was made in a circle and connected by a hallway and pillars. Near the entrance to any traveler can see lava former Lawu Primitive been dried and aged 1.8 million years!
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| Homo erectus fossils in the exhibit hall |
In the first exhibition hall can be found a number of ancient human fossils and replicas of historic Sangiran to animals. Looks are also a number of ancient human diorama backgrounds made such that era. Any traveler can learn all about the history up to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Then in the second room can be found in the form of a cinema hall contains a simple scientific explanation. A traveler can also see a replica of the figure inventors of ancient human fossils, along with an explanation and the findings. Even for the size of the museum, the arrangement is in it so interesting and informative.
Then in the third or the last room, can be found a large hall like a dome featuring a replica of the golden age of Homo Erectus on a large scale. Just stand there, it feels like you've been in the past. Believe!
If all the relics and the information is still not make you satisfied, there is an audio-visual space for film screenings about history. But to watch it, a traveler had to spend around Rp 60 thousand.
To reach it, take the direction of Sragen of Solo. For estimation, the museum is about 17 km from Solo. Museum was open every weekday and weekend, and off every Monday. Museum open from 9 a.m. to 16:30 pm.
Visit the Archaeological Museum Sangiran, we not only invited traveled, but also get to know more of the richness of Indonesian history and helped preserve it. Visit the Archaeological Museum Sangiran, guaranteed not to be sorry.
