THE AMBARAWA RAILWAY MUSEUM

 

 

General Information

The Ambarawa Railway Museum is a railway station which is now dialihfungsikan into a museum in Ambarawa, Central Java which has a completeness of trains that never succeeded in his day. One of the steam railway with locomotive number 2502 B and B 2503 Maschinenfabriek Esslingen, artificial and artificial Hannoversche Maschinenbau 5112 B AG until now still can run activity as a tourist railway. Jagged steam train is very unique and is one of only three surviving in the world. Two of them exist in Switzerland and India.

In addition to the collection-a unique collection of yesteryear, can still be seen various types of steam locomotives of series B, C, D to most types of CC (CC 5029, Schweizerische Lokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik/Switzerland Locomotive and Machine Works) in the courtyard of the museum.

 

Ambarawa is a town the military Colonial Government of Netherlands. King Willem I ordered to build a new railway station that allows the Government to transport troops to Semarang. On May 21, 1873 the Ambarawa railway station, built on land 127,500 m². It was originally known as Willem I Station.

This station originally became a meeting point between the gauge 1435 mm towards the Kedungjati with 1067 mm towards Yogyakarta via Magelang. This can still be seen that both sides built a train station to accommodate the size of the gauge.

The Ambarawa Railway Museum was then established on October 6, 1976 in the Ambarawa Station to preserve the steam locomotives then being at the time of utilization of back when 1435 mm rail lines belonging to the State closed Railway Company. This is an open-air museum in the station complex.

 

 

The Museum serves the tourist train Ambarawa-Bedono pp, Ambarawa-Tuntang pp and lori tour Ambarawa-Tuntang pp. tourist train Ambarawa-Bedono pp or better known as the Ambarawa Railway Mountain Tour operates from near by Bedono station museum is just 35 km away and is only 1 hour to get to that station. The train passes the serrated rail there is only here and in the Sawahlunto. A panorama of natural beauty such as the Green Valley between Mount Merbabu and mount Ungaran can be seen along the way.

 

 

 

Panoramic views can be enjoyed from the train and lori Ambarawa-Tuntang pun not less good. This train departs from the station towards the Tuntang Station is about 7 km from the museum. Along the charming landscape can be seen in the form of rice paddies and fields against the backdrop of Mount Ungaran, mount Merbabu, and Swamp Reel at a distance.

The tours that we can enjoy in the Ambarawa RAILWAY Museum, among others:

1. course history Tour

2. The architecture of the Station building is the still well-preserved Netherlands

3. historic objects displayed in the exhibition hall and the angle – angle station (try clay goods – goods are odd – odd and cool – cool of course)

4. A dozen Locomotives that were plastered in front of the station

5. Railroad Lori for Rp 10000.0-/per. person with a capacity of at least 20 people through the route of Willem I Station to the old Station at Tuntang, very beautiful scenery of the countryside, hills, rice fields – Marsh rice paddies, reel, and breathtaking mountain views baguss really.

6. Railroad boiler with the goal area II in the Willem Station Guava with cost of Rp 3,500,000.0-one way with a maximum capacity of 40 people. Scenery offered insufficient lost pulled it away by lori and the most exciting when the train up the Hill using the serrated wheel. But unfortunately these facilities operate when there is a tourist from abroad or being the holiday season only.

7. The Centre operates a station and souvenirs

Facilities

This RAILWAY museum collecting 21 steam locomotives. There are currently 3 locomotives which can operate. Other collections of the museum are antique telephones, Telegraphs Morse equipment, antique bells, and some antique furnishings.

A few steam locomotives class B unit 2 was 25 (Esslingen 0-4-2RT) IE B B 2503 and 2502 (2 of the 3 remaining locomotive units; the third, B locomotive 2501 memorialized on Monument Palagan Ambarawa).

First, there is a steam tender class E 10 (Wells 0-10-0RT), numbered E 1060 was originally sent to Sumatra in 1960 to attract coal train, but was then brought to Java, and a conventional locomotive 2-6-0T C 1218 who revived in 2006 after a long stored in Cepu, then relocated to Ambarawa in 2002.

However, the locomotive repatriated back to 1060 E Sawahlunto while locomotive C1218 brought to Surakarta made tourist train Jaladara. Recently the museum was able to diesel locomotive hydraulic D 300 23 originating from the Cepu locomotive dipo moved into dipo locomotive Ambarawa on October 6, 2010. Steam locomotives of B a Hanomag factory-made 5112, has been successfully revived after 30 years to die. Museum of Ambarawa also have several new collections such as the wooden train CR from Madura, wooden trains from Kebonpolo, Magelang, NR wood of the porch Yasa, hopper GR from the porch of Yasa Manggarai, and others.

Transportation

It is easily affordable, making the Museum Locomotive became the mainstay of the city attractions. When the adventurers from the direction of Semarang, road access should be passed only to the South in the direction of Ungaran then after reaching the t-junction Bawen please heading toward Jogjakarta (turn right) towards the pillar sites of Ambarawa. When from Jogjakarta, adventurers need only run perpendicular to the direction of Semarang and directly to the fork in the Ambarawa to beef up the monument. After arriving at the tugu Palagan Ambarawa, adventurous just turn left (direction of Semarang) or right side (Yogyakarta), now about 100 meters again reach in museum Boerhaave.

For the line from Solo adventurers can pass through alternative pathways leading directly to the back of the Museum Boerhaave. Adventurers can skip the line Blotongan – Banyubiru Ambarawa – with views of the picturesque Telomoyo on the right also the vastness of the swamp Reel (the next adventure) exotic on the left side. When willed another lane, adventurers can get past the line of Salatiga – Tuntang (Bridge turn left) – the Ambarawa. Coffee with garden view on the right side and drift in the swamp water Reel on the left.

 

Advice & Tips

Opening hours:

Monday – Sunday, at 8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

Ticket prices:

• Entrance fee: Rp. 5000

• Lori Tickets: Rp. 10000, Rp. 15000 (holidays)

• Steam Railway Tariff: IDR 5,250,000 (pp) capacity of 80 passengers

The Ambarawa Railway Museum.

Address: No 1 Station Street, Ambarawa, Semarang Regency.

0298 591,035 phone number.

 

MUSEUM SANGIRAN

Museum Sangiran

 

 

Sangiran is an archaeological site of the ancient human beings most in Asia. Areas covering an area of 56 km2 at the foot of Mount Lawu, Central Java, about 15 kilometers north of Surakarta in the Solo River Valley. The complete history of inform Sangiran life of early humans include habitat, patterns of life, animals that lived with him, until the process of occurrence of landscapes within no less than 2 million years old (Late Pliocene to late Middle Pleistocene).

In the meantime, the Museum is located in the neighborhood still Sangiran archaeological site. Here you can see around the 13809 collection of ancient human fossils and is the most comprehensive in Asia. There are also fossil vertebrates, fossil animals of the water, the rocks, fossils of marine plants, stone tools, and some types of animals such as Rhinoceros, cows, deer, Bull, and Buffalo. Audio visual room is also available for the fossil remnants of prehistoric life at Sangiran. Sangiran Museum currently being a magnificent museum with modern architecture. In isni you can see up close the fossil collection of early humans, animals that live in those days, to the equipment used.

Sangiran site is an interesting scientific attractions. This place has a high value to science and is an asset of Indonesia. Since 1977, Sangiran site established by the Minister of education and culture of Indonesia as a cultural heritage. 1996 Sangiran is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage sites as World Heritage (No. 593, document WHC-96/Conf. 201/21).

Since its establishment as a World Heritage by UNESCO, Sangiran gives his contribution to the development of science in the world especially the science of archeology, geology, biology, and paleoanthropologi. Judging from the results of his findings, the site is the site of ancient Sangiran most fully in Asia even in the world.

Sangiran site includes three subdistricts in Sragen district namely Kalijambe, Gemolong and Plupuh as well as Gondangrejo in Karanganyar Regency. Originally a dome is the Sangiran Site research dome Sangiran then eroding part of its peak forming a depression due to the movement of the flow of the river. On depression was found a layer of soil that contains information about life in the past.

In 1934 the anthropologist Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald started the research in the area. In the following year excavations discovered fossils of Pithecanthropus erectus or Java man. There are about 60 more fossils of which are fossil Meganthropus palaeojavanicus are found on this site.

 

Dinas Pariwisata, Kebudayaan, Pemuda dan Olahraga Kabupaten Sragen 

Jl. Raya Sukowati No. 15 B - C (Kompleks Gedung Kartini)Sragen 57213, Jawa Tengah 

Telp. +62 71-7087446, 8822856  Fax. +62 71-894986

Website: www.pariwisata.sragenkab.go.idEmail : pariwisata@sragenkab.go.id

CORAL ON THE SEMBUKAN BEACH

 

WONOGIRI - Beach to be one of the favorite tourist destinations for tourists. One more south coast which has a beautiful view of the beach named Sembukan. Located in Paranggupito District, an area at the southern tip of Wonogiri, Central Java. Within 40 km from the city center Wonogiri, tourists usually require travel time of approximately 2 hours from the city to get to this place.

Big waves with the presence of big rocks into a landscape that is not irksome to be enjoyed at this beach. Another scenery that characterizes this beach is beautiful there are hills on the reef. The hills are a favorite place travelers to perpetuate their way in the form of photographs. A peaceful atmosphere with a beautiful panorama, make the most tourists like to spend time in this place. Even many of the tourist carrying a hook for fishing while enjoying the ripple of the waves and the stretch of coral.

In addition to panoramic views, the beach is also known as the myth. As with the other southern beaches, beach Sembukan also linked to the myth of the 'Nyi Roro Kidul'. Not infrequently, many spiritual leaders who come to this place to perform certain rituals. Moreover, on the beach is also often held events in local tradition. Ahead of 1 Suro, this beach would be very crowded with the activities of citizens together with the Surakarta palace courtiers and local authorities in the event Ageng float. Ageng float is done to give offerings to the marine authorities melarung kidul with the offerings into the sea.

Although it is fairly remote, access to this beach is sufficient. Throughout the trip travelers will also be pampered with a view of the rocks are typical. Interesting is not it? If you visit this beach, do not ignore the prohibitions related to local belief about the myth on this beach.

PRAMBANAN HISTORY

Prambanan Temple is said to be the most beautiful Hindu temple in the world. It is the biggest temple complex in Java with three main temples dedicated to the three great Hindu divinities, Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma, the symbols of Trimurti in Hindu belief.

According to the history, Rakai Pikatan, a Hindu prince from Sanjaya Dynasty, who had married into the ruling Buddhist Sailendra monarchy built all the temples in the Prambanan archaeological park in the 8^th century AD. In its original form, the temple complex contained over 250 large and small temples. The temple compound was expanded by successive Mataram kings with the addition of the hundreds of perwara temples around the central temples. It served as the royal temple of the Kingdom of Mataram for its religious ceremonies and sacrifices. However, in the 10^th century the temple was largely abandoned because the Mataram dynasty moved to East Java. It then collapsed during a major earthquake in the 16^th century.

Also locally known as Roro Jonggrang, legend has it that the 1,000^th statue of the temple was the statue of a slender virgin lady named Roro Jonggrang, who turned into stone by a young and powerful man named Bandung Bondowoso after her attempt to thwart Bondowoso’s effort in building a thousand temples and two wells in one night for the lady failed. Bondowoso was in love with Roro Jonggrang and asked her to marry him. However, Roro Jonggrang was full of hatred because Bondowoso killed her father; hence she tried to refuse his proposal by asking him a seemingly impossible task. As a man who had unseen troop of spirits, it was easy for Bondowoso to finish the task. After nearly a thousand temples had been built, Roro Jonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and to set a fire in order to look like the morning had broken. This way, the spirits had no choice but left before completing the last one temple. Bondowoso realised that the lady had cheated him so he turned Roro Jonggrang into the 1,000^th statue. This is a very interesting folklore that local people love to share.