Inscription Museum

This museum is located at Jalan Tanah Abang 1, Central Jakarta. It was previously functioning as graveyard for the Ducth people in Indonesia. The graveyard compound was originally sized 5.9 hectares and called Kebon Jahe cemetery. In 1759 Kebon Jahe Kober was officially functioning as a graveyard for the Dutch and place for accommodating epigraps from the demolished cemetery at the New Dutch. Since the day of independent until 1967, Kebon Jahe cemetery was managed by Yayasan Palang Hitam (Black Cross Fondation) owened by J.M Pangabean Family. In 1967 the management was taken over by the Regional Administration of Jakarta in conjungtion with founding of the cemetery Office and since 1979 this cemetery was declared closed for the public. In 1976 demolotion and narrowing of the land were performed , the 5.9ha land was narrowed into 1.2ha. The narrowing of land was caused by construction the office of the Mayor of Central Jakarta.

The building and this inscription Garden occupied a piece of land of 1.2ha. The building construction with Dorain style has 4 round pillars at every corner and there are two office rooms at left and right of the garden gate. At the front part of the yard fence. In the inscription Garden there are approximately 1.200 cemetery epigraphist to be found arranged as they appears. In the inner part there is a new building to support the inscription Museum.

Jl. Tanah Abang No. 1 Central Jakarta
Ph : 62-21 385 4060
Open : Tuesday - Sunday : 09.00am - 03.00pm
Closed : Monday / public holiday


"Jakarta HERITAGE book (Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata)"