Bali Museum

Bali Museum

ᬫᬸᬲᬾᬳᬸᬫ᭄ᬩᬮᬶ
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Location in Denpasar, Bali and Indonesia Bali Museum (Bali) Bali Museum (Indonesia)
Established	1931
Location	Denpasar
Coordinates	8°39′27″S 115°13′6.7″E

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

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

Description

The museum was built in 1931 by the architect P.J. Moojen, near the site of the former royal palace of Denpasar, which had been burnt to the ground during the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906). The palace served as a model for the museum's outer walls and courtyards.

There are four main buildings inside the museum: Tabanan (displaying theatrical masks and musical instruments), Karangasem (sculptures and paintings), Buleleng (textiles), and Timur (archaeological finds).

The museum is located on the east side of Taman Puputan, the central square of Denpasar.

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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

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.