Gedung Joang 45

Address
Jalan menteng Raya 31, Kebon Sirih, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat.

Opens at
Opening hours : Tuesday – Sunday at 09.00 – 15.00.
Closed on Mondays

Entrance Fee
Adult Rp. 5.000
Student Rp. 3.000
Children Rp. 2.000

Contact
021-3909148

Museum Joang 45 or Battle Museum is located at Jl. Menteng Raya No. 31, built around on 1938
and was originally used as a hotel, named Hotel Schomper corresponding name of the owner L.C.
Schomper. This hotel is a nice hotel, located in Menteng, Central Jakarta, with a main building
that stands majestically in the middle and flanked by a row of buildings inn rooms on the left and
right for guests to stay. The hotel was built specifically for the Dutch officials, foreign
businessmen, and native officials. Building inn rooms left at this time is located on the north side
of the main house and is currently used as a library, a creative child (children room) and an office.

When the Japanese occupied Indonesia in 1942 – 1945, the hotel was taken over by the youth of
Indonesia and used as a dormitory known as Menteng 31 Boarding. The building also serves as an
office, managed Ganseikanbu Sendenbu (Japanese Propaganda Bureau). From this place then held
political education program to educate young people of Indonesia and funded entirely by the
Japanese government.

Today this place is one of the museums close to the Hero Statue. Entering the museum, on the left
you will find the Introduction Room while on the right is the Japanese Era Room. After passing
through the Japanese, you will be taken to the future, a time in the war of independence. The
museum has a varied collection of drawings, paintings, dioramas, and also objects or relics from
the revolution such as desk of Bung Hatta, the first Vice-President of Indonesia. The collections
of Battle’45 Museum are including office cars of the first Indonesian president and vice president,
Soekarno and Hatta.

The interesting to do and facilities available for visitors to Joang '45 Museum are: permanent and
temporary exhibition rooms with multi-media corners, Joang 45 cinema, a studio showing old
documentary films and battle films. The scientific historical reference library, equipped with
struggle comics for children's reading, children room, special space for children's creativity,
equipped with hero computer games, coloring, puzzle, and knock-down games, Foto Studio,
provides costume for fighters to be worn by visitors and instant photos, and also souvenir shop.

How to get there?

You can use train or bus