Let’s continue our museum adventure! 

Near Museum Post Indonesia, there is a famous building, Museum Geologi Bandung. It was located at Jalan Diponegoro No. 57 Bandung under Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources area.

We walked from Museum Post Indonesia to Museum Geologi. Luckily, the weather was cool. It became a fun walk. We passed Lansia park. The museum was located across the park.

I was amazed when arrived in Museum Geologi. It was really crowded with many students from many cities. I got a little confused to find the entrance counter. Then, I found a flyer to conduct how to enter museum. We need to fill an online form before coming to museum. There was hour selection to come at museum. If Museum Post was free, we should pay for Museum Geologi. It was Rp 2.000 for students, Rp 3.000 for public, and Rp 10.000 for foreigner.

Different from Museum Post which felt old and forgotten, in Museum Geologi I felt grande and modern. I think this is vibe of museum should be. We need to queue to enter, but it was organized.

In the entrance gate, I saw a big – real size – elephant fossil. It was a Blora elephant fossil. Wow! My children were really amazed because they love elephant!

In this museum, various geological materials are stored and managed, such as fossils, rocks and minerals. Most of this material was collected during field work in Indonesia since 1850.

This museum was established on May 16, 1929. The establishment was an initiative of Dienst van den Mijnbouw as known as the Mining Service which was established during the Dutch East Indies era. The aim of the museum was to be a storage place for mining results that had been carried out at that time.

Generally, this museum has a collection of 60 thousand fossils and 250 thousand collections of rocks and minerals. All of the collections are spread over two floors in this museum. On the first floor, we can find ancient human skull fossils found in Indonesia.

In addition, there were various other interesting information on the 1st floor. For example, information on the development of human culture in Indonesia, development of Indonesia's mountains, and hypotheses about formation of the earth. We can also find various dinosaur fossils, such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex Osborn.

On the second floor, we can find various collections of models of the largest gold mine in the world, which apparently is in Papua. We can find out what natural resources are in Indonesia and a map of their distribution. This floor is also equipped with several collections of ancient human fossils.

The most interesting is this museum had already digitalized. Some of information were available on the touch screen. Some stories like history of human or Indonesian geography, were provided in audio visual.

My older child was interested in rocks, fossils, and history. Therefore, he was beyond happy. Although many things seem like new for 8- and 5-years old children, they were exciting. Sometimes I approached one of the school groups to hear staff explanation to give me complete understanding.

By seeing these two museums with my children, I believe that visiting museum not only educating children. But also give me a reflection for better future and bring some memories. I would like to inherit some wisdoms to my children through this visiting.

You can also take a virtual tour on this museum by visiting https://museum.geologi.esdm.go.id/