Museum at Depasar City and Badung - Bali

The Manusa Yadnya Museum

     This museum was part of the Mengwi Temple as one of the tourist attractions. The concept from this museum was the model's museum that put forward the ceremony activity manusa yad him that was carried out by Hindu group in Bali namely the ceremony from the baby still in the content of his mother to the death ceremony. This museum was established during 1980 and only exhibited the ceremony megedong-gedongan (the birth ceremony of the baby) up to the marriage ceremony. In June 1981 afterwards was increased with the audio-visual aid for the ceremony mamukur and Cremation.
The location : Badung

The Bali Museum

     Around 1910, when the Ship Dutch KPM came to Bali and dropped tourists off, Bali began in knew overseas. Afterwards began Bali the arrival of the tourists who caused many history things and prehistory that was lost or was taken by these tourists. Learned this condition for Mr. W.F.J Kroon, Asistant Resident Bali and Lombok ordered Mr. Curt Grundler to make the team of Museum planning with Balinese architecture. This team decided to build the museum with the blend between temple architecture and temple architecture (the kingdom in Bali). This building almost was finished but stopped being caused by the Mount Batur eruption during 1917 that destroyed many temples and the inhabitants's house, and destroyed also a partly the museum.

     Finally during 1932 the museum could be opened for the public, with 3 main pavilions that is the Tabanan Building, Gedung Karangasem and the Buleleng Building were based on the concept of Tri Mandala that is the arena insult jaba pisan (the exterior) middle-level the arena: Jaba middle (the exterior before entering the core part), and main the bowel arena (the core part). In the front corner right-hand in the middle was gotten a building that was mentioned bale in a dazed. In the front corner left-hand was gotten a building that was mentioned bale kulkul.
     The Tabanan building that was Pavilium with typical architecture the Tabanan regency that put forward the antiquities like kesenia, aksesories, domestic equipment, ceremony equipment and of all-kind the weapon traditional.
     The Buleleng building or Pavilium Buleleng with architecture Balinese Utara that put forward the equipment, the diligence equipment, the agricultural equipment and the fisherman of domestic equipment, the entertainment equipment, style statues simple and primitive that was made from clay, the stone et cetera.
     The Karangasem building or Pavilium Karangasem with architecture Balinese Timur put forward various exhibitions of the object- the prehistoric object, history archeology, ethnography and the fine arts as well as several paintings mordern.
     The number of Balinese Museum collections that was recorded and entered registerasi totalling 10,506, including the texts and the copy threw. All the collection kinds were obtained through bought from people in the community, shops and entrusted goods of art of gifts. Several collection groups that were inventoried among them the stupa collection with his seal that was numbering hundreds, 8,5 kg money kepeng, the foreign ceramics (Europe, China) and porcelain that came from Japan, China and Siam.
Lokasi : Jl. Letkol Wisnu, Denpasar
Telp. : (0361) 227271
Fax. : (0361) 227271

The Le Mayeur Museum    
     This museum was born was based on the love story between the Belgian Painter of Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres and the dancer's girl Balinese Ni Polok. Le Mayeur the first time came to Bali in 1932 in 52 years that his plan will only be kept for 8 months looking for the inspiration for his painting. Because of the attraction of the Sanur Coast that was very beautiful, then Le Mayeur decided to reside in Sanur by establishing the place to depict. Le Mayeur married his model girl who was named Ni Polok that also the dancer who was very famous in his time that came from the Kelandis Village. The Le Mayeur studio was full of the painting collection and his books that were very interesting, that was kept in the building that architectured of Bali. Several of his paintings used his canvas, that was made from impressive jute cloth that this painting was made in the Japanese time where to get canvas cloth was really was difficult. Le Mayeur died during 1959 in Belgi. Therefore his studio was handed over to the RI government to be made the Le Mayeur Museum.
Lokasi : Jl. Hang Tuah, Sanur