Aceh Tsunami Museum

impact of the tsunami museum front

Aceh Tsunami Museum is a museum in Banda Aceh which is designed as a symbolic monument to the earthquake and tsunami of 2004 Indian Ocean as well as education center and emergency shelter if tsunami happen again.

impact the middle floor

Aceh Tsunami Museum was designed by architect from Bandung, West Java, Ridwan Kamil. This museum is a four-storey structure with an area of ​​2500 m² whose curved walls are covered by geometric reliefs. In it, visitors enter through a narrow and dark passageway between two high water walls - to recreate the atmosphere and panic of the tsunami. The museum walls are adorned with pictures of Saman dancing people, a symbolic meaning to Aceh's religious power, discipline, and religious beliefs. From the top, the roof formed a wave of the sea. The floor is basically designed like a traditional Aceh stage house that survived the tsunami.
Ridwan Kamil -architect of Tsunami Museum

The building commemorates the victims, whose names are inscribed on the walls of one of the museum's deepest rooms, and the survivors of this disaster.

name of victims of the Tsunami

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the entrance floor Of Museum

In addition to its role as a memorial to the dead, the museum is also useful as a refuge for such disasters in the future, including "refugee hills" for visitors if the tsunami occurs again. it is located in the middle of the city of Tsunami Museum is easy to find, this museum is located at Jalan Sultan Iskandar Muda, Banda Aceh. You can use private vehicles to this Museum, or use other public transport.

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