The Tsunami Museum has become an idol for the Eid al-Adha holiday for tourists and the people of Aceh, with thousands of visitors.
The Tsunami Museum has become an idol for the Eid al-Adha holiday for tourists and the people of Aceh, with thousands of visitors.
The symbolic reminder building of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami disaster, the Aceh Tsunami Museum, located in Banda Aceh City, Aceh Province, reopened on Wednesday, 19/6/2024. The building, a symbolic reminder of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami disaster, was closed during the Eid al-Adha holiday 1445 Hijriah or 2024 AD.
During the Eid al-Adha 1445 Hijriah holiday, the Aceh Tsunami Museum became an idol for visits by the people of Aceh and outside Aceh. Since it reopened, thousands of people have come to the museum location.
Head of the Aceh Tsunami Museum Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD), M Syahputra Azwar, when confirmed by several local media, said that there were only 1,981 visitors to the Aceh Tsunami Museum today. In detail, there were 1,458 adult visitors, 473 children and 50 foreigners.
Syahputra estimates that the number of tourists will increase starting tomorrow. This is because this Eid al-Adha holiday coincides with school holidays for children, he said.
The Tsunami Museum has its own charm. The history of the establishment of the Aceh Tsunami Museum is to commemorate the tsunami disaster that occurred on December 26 2004.
Built in 2008, the Tsunami Museum has an important role as an educational center for the community and a place to raise awareness of the signs of natural disasters. There are thousands of collections, ranging from ethnographic to audio-visual rooms.
In this place, visitors can see the track record of the 2004 tsunami, starting from dioramas, artifacts and pictures. Not only that, visitors can also learn more about actions to take when a tsunami occurs through books and teaching aids.
There are several interesting things that visitors will find at the Tsunami Museum, such as various unique collections consisting of helicopters, PMI trucks and various debris after the tsunami disaster. These collections provide a real picture of the tsunami incident in Aceh.
There is a special hallway that depicts the tense experience when the tsunami disaster struck, where visitors can experience the conditions that occurred through sound effects, lighting and environmental reconstruction.
In the Memory Hall, visitors can see hundreds of thousands of names of victims of the tsunami disaster. There is also a miniature Acehnese house, a temporary exhibition, and a Helsinki MoU peace room to commemorate the agreement between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement.
Not only as a place of remembrance, this museum is also an educational place for learning history, disaster mitigation and recovery efforts. On the top floor, there is a rooftop cafe which offers amazing views.
