National Archives Building, Jakarta

Museum in Indonesia

6°9′14″S 106°49′1″E / 6.15389°S 106.81694°E / -6.15389; 106.81694Groundbreaking1755^[2]Estimated completion1760^[1]Design and constructionArchitect(s)anonymousOther informationPublic transit access

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The National Archives Building (Indonesian: Gedung Arsip Nasional) is the building of the Government Museum in Jakarta, Indonesia. The building, formerly a late 18th-century private residence of Governor-General Reinier de Klerk, is part of the cultural heritage of Jakarta. The house is an archetypal Indies-Style house of the earliest period.

References

^ Akihary 1990, p. 11.
^ de Haan 1922, pp. 72–6.

Cited works

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Taylor, Jean Gelman (1983). The Social World of Batavia: European and Eurasian in Dutch Asia (illustrated ed.). Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299094706.