Bali Museum

Bali Museum

Established	1931
Location	Denpasar
Coordinates	8°39′27″S 115°13′6.7″E / 8.65750°S 115.218528°ECoordinates: 8°39′27″S 115°13′6.7″E / 8.65750°S 115.218528°E

The Bali Museum is a museum of art and history located in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

Bali Museum, inside courtyards and gates, seen from the belvedere

Description

The museum was built in 1931 by architect P.J. Moojen, near the location of the former royal palace of Denpasar, which had been burnt to the ground during the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906), and used it as a model for its outside walls and courtyards.^[1]

There are four main buildings inside the museum, Tabanan displaying theatrical masks and musical instruments, Karangasem sculptures and paintings, Buleleng textiles, and Timur with archeological finds.^[1]

It is located on the east side of the central square of Denpasar, Taman Puputan.^[1]

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  Bronze Age ceremonial drum.

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  Bronze Age spear.

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  Statuette of Acintya.

See also

• History of Bali
• Museum Pasifika

Notes

1. Bali and Lombok, pp. 62–62.

References

• Bali and Lombok, Eyewitness Travel, Dorling Kindersley, London, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7566-2878-9.

Literature

• Lenzi, Iola (2004). Museums of Southeast Asia. Singapore: Archipelago Press. p. 200. ISBN 981-4068-96-9.