Lombok Museums

The artifacts displayed in the historical museums of Lombok determine the cultural assortment and prevailing richness of the East Indonesian province. Lombok Museums is famed to reveal evidence of well-preserved prehistoric artifacts along with its decorative arts. Take a magnificent tour to the State Museum of West Nusa Tenggara that upkeeps the cultural inheritance along with its values for the native heritage. Besides maintaining the contemporary architecture inspired by Berugak several other customary value were followed by the natives, the exhibits of which can be sighted at the Lombok Museums.

Get to see priceless compilation of ancient work of art of the West Nusa Tenggara province, which is based in the South Ampenan area, lying towards the centre point of Mataram City. Wall paintings illustrating the lifestyle of natives of West Nusa Tenggara especially those of Gandrung, Rudat, Cepung, Wayang, and Jaran Kamput is surely commendable.

Photographs, fossils, and paintings found in the Lombok Museum exemplify the initial stages of planet earth followed by the universe that pursue the Nebula Fog theory. The tectonic formation of islands initiated from Java and Sumatra are something, which are worth seeing.

Discover photographs in the Lombok Museum that shows fossils of ancient mammals and birds, especially those of Paleokarbau, Stegodon, and Hippotatamus. Fossils of rare woods, like Cempaka, Rajumas, Lingsar, Kelincung and Bajur can also be witnessed here.

Learn about the traditional wedding costumes worn by the ethic groups like Sasak, Mbojo and Samawa. The lingual inscription and the leafy manuscripts left behind by the different races are creditable as a record.

Remnant primeval collection of stone axes, kettledrums, beads, statues and oval axes along with royal inheritances can also be sighted within the Museums in Lombok.

Find traces of West Nusa Tenggara weapons one like the Keris daggers that supposedly carried mystic powers that would bring along good fortune and evade disasters for those possessing it. Hunting tools, farming tools, currency exchanged by Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch during colonial era, Kriya arts in the form of Kecopak (tobacco pouch), and Buli-buli (jewellery box) are remarkable form of relics that can be best viewed in the Lombok Museum.

Along with the presence of local armor and arms, native Ikat and earthenware are some of the significant cultural factors that can be sighted within the Lombok Museums.

Apart from enjoying the sights inside the museum the outdoor beauty attracts your senses that never misses your glimpses. A wonderful garden creates an apt ambience for relaxation where one may choose to unwind.

Museum Negeri Nusa Tenggara Barat Lombok
The Museum Negeri Nusa Tenggara Barat, Lombok also known, as Museum of West Nusa Tenggara, exhibits a variety of beautiful and fascinating cultures of the island. The ancient artifacts and decorative arts, as well as local armor and arms are all displayed in the museum.

Located on Jalan Panji Tilar Negara, in the South Ampenan area, about 7 kilometres from the centre of Mataram City, the Museum Negeri Nusa Tenggara Barat holds a valuable collection of the past. Lobby Hall lies in the front section of the museum displaying a modern Berugak architecture. The Lobby Hall is connected to the exhibition hall through a corridor. On the left wall of the corridor there are illustrations of West Nusa Tenggara culture like: the Gandrung, Rudat, Cepung, Wayang, and Jaran Kamput. The right side of the wall displays paintings of Melengke, Toja, Konya, Sak Eco, Handra, and Rebana Rea.

There is a beautiful garden for the tourists to relax and enjoy the beauty. Permanent Exhibition Hall I of Museum Negeri Nusa Tenggara Barat, only a few meters away from the corridor, is divided into two wings: the left wing, and the right wing. The left wing has a collection of photographs, fossils of the Stegodon, Paleokarbau, and Hypothalamus, and paintings. The paintings display the origin of earth and the universe, according to the Nebula Fog theory, tectonic structure of the West Nusa Tenggara islands, and photographs of the protected birds of Indonesia like: Jalak Putih, Rangkong Sulawesi, Camar Cokelat, and Dara Mahkota.

The Permanent Exhibition Hall I’s right wing also have a collection of fossils of rare woods, like Rajumas, Cempaka, Lingsar, Bajur, Kepundung, and Kelincung, and giant photographs of the kakatua, and Koakiau.

2 paintings illustrating the villages and traditional wedding dresses of the Sasak, Samawa, and Mbojo ethnics are on a display in the Permanent Exhibition Hall II. Bsides there are also the language and writings of the ethnic races of West Nusa Tenggara. Collection of palm leaf manuscripts of Asta Dasa Parwa (Mahabharata), Takepan Kotaragam, Takepan Jatiswara, Kitab Katika, and Pisau Pangot are among the rarest collection found here. There is also a huge collection of traditional West Nusa Tenggara weapons of Bima Sultanate. Besides there are various tools like Kodong Iping, Bosang, and Bubu, which are used to catch fresh water fish, collection of hunting tools like Puyuh Bird Trap, Chicken String, Traps for Tekukur Birds, and a Pendiwai.
Among the various other collection of the museum the most notable ones are: currency from the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch colonial days, Kriya arts, and traditional arts of West Nusa Tenggara, traditional game intruments, and mystical instruments.

The Museum Negeri Nusa Tenggara Barat, Lombok remains open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8am to 1pm, and from 2pm to 4pm.

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