Museum Fatahillah (Jakarta History Museum)

[Marmite the Dog]

This old City Hall of Batavia occupies the site of its two predecessors. The current building of fine Dutch architecture was completed in 1710 and once served many civic and judiciary functions. Beneath the front portico lie some cells, which were used as dungeons.

The museum took over the premises in 1974 and offers an insight into the city's colonial past. Thirty-seven ornate rooms display Dutch furniture, old maps, antiquities and Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) memorabilia, recreating the atmosphere prevalent during the Dutch era. In the rear courtyard stand two ondel-ondel statues.

Admission: Adults IDR2,000; Children IDR600.

[Marmite the Dog]