Hello, dear Hive friends. Welcome back to my blog. Greetings and blessings. Today, I want to share the results I took when I visited the North Sumatra Museum two days ago. I live in North Sumatra, a province in Indonesia that has a very rich history and culture. To learn more about the history and culture of North Sumatra, I visited the North Sumatra Museum. This museum is located on Jalan HM. Joni No. 51, Teladan Barat, Medan City, North Sumatra.
Fortunately, to fill my free time, I went to visit the North Sumatra Museum alone. I was there for about an hour. When I entered the museum, I was greeted by various collections on display in each room. There are statues, statues inherited from the Hindu-Buddhist kingdom era, traditional weapons, Dutch colonial weapons during the colonial era, traditional Batak statues, wood carvings, and even objects from the era of ancient humans. The first thing I saw was an ancient human room. There, are several fossils and tools used in the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Megalithic periods. However, the fossils and ancient objects here are just replicas. There are also statues of ancient humans on display to give an idea of what their life was like at that time. Even though it is a replica, I know what kind of tools were used and what ancient life was like in the past.
Still, in the same room, I also saw the bones of a Sumatran elephant, and next to it there were also preserved animals from Sumatra such as sun bears, tigers, eagles and several other animals. The animals preserved there are protected animals because they are threatened with extinction.
Then, I walked to the right, there was a room filled with statues from the Hindu-Buddhist era. The statues here are also replicas. In this room, it is explained that Hinduism and Buddhism entered Sumatra at the end of the 7th century AD. These statues are shaped like gods and goddesses for religious purposes. I got a lot of information about the Hindu-Buddhist kingdom in Sumatra in this room.
After being satisfied in the Hindu-Buddhist era statue room, I walked towards the outdoor room. There is a place for visitors to rest. I sat there to rest and smoke. But here, there is an artificial temple. Of course, it is not a real temple. It is only made for visitors to take photos. However, next to the resting place, there are also statues from ancient Batak tribal traditions. That's interesting to me too.
After resting for a while, I returned to the museum. I was in a room from the era of the Islamic kingdom in North Sumatra. The Islamic religion began to develop in North Sumatra in the 13th century. here I saw a miniature of a mosque. This was the first mosque built by the Islamic sultanate in North Sumatra, namely, Osman Perkasa Alam. So the mosque was named the Al Osmani mosque, which still stands today and is a place of worship for Muslims in North Sumatra. Apart from that, there are also books from the Malay Sultanate and ancient tombstones.
Then, I explored another part of the room. I found objects from the Batak tribe's traditions. The Batak tribe is a tribe that originates from the Lake Toba area, North Sumatra and spread to other areas. These objects consist of wood carved into traditional Batak symbols. Starting from coffins, sticks, and others. This is also interesting for me.
And finally, I entered the national history room. Where there are various kinds of national historical objects. There are some spices. Because during colonialism, Europeans came to the archipelago to control spices. Spices are herbal plants that are often found in the archipelago, which is now called Indonesia. There were also weapons used by European colonial soldiers and traditional weapons of the Indonesian people to rebel against European colonial groups, such as swords, spears and machetes. There are also propaganda posters of local resistance against colonialism. Until finally I felt tired and wanted to go home. There's more on the 2nd floor. But, I didn't dare explore the 2nd floor. It's quite quiet and scary there. Besides, I'm tired too. Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog. Greetings and blessings.
