Thursday, May 18, 2017

Graha Parahyangan - Railways Museum and Gallery

Graha Parahyangan - Railways Museum and Gallery

Graha Parahyangan Railways Museum and Gallery is located in Dayang Sumbi 10 Bandung . The museum is located not far from the campus of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB).

Graha Parahyangan building was established in 1927 and is home MAJ Kelling, a Dutch national who worked as a private entrepreneur in the field of property at the time.
The building is in arsiteki by JCJ Piso. However, the building was used as a residence railway official when the Dutch government in power.

In addition to providing heritage locomotive travel, the museum was officially opened on June 21, 2010 is also displaying a wide range of heritage railways in Indonesia.

Even some in the museum's collection was imported directly from the Museum Ambarawa, Central Java. Some of these collections include the ticket machine, printing machine ticket date, telegraph communication tools, wooden telephone, and calculators odhever.

In addition to displaying a collection of antique machines that have been used by PT KAI in the past, in this museum we also offered an illustration of train stations in the island of Java, including the Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa and Lawang Sewu.

Museum visitors who do not know the history of Indonesian railways can read a brief history of the ancient buildings that had become part of the history of rail travel in Indonesia.

Graha Parahyangan which is used as a museum also has a concept to be used as a gallery preferred to support the activities and exhibitions of creative industry products.

In addition to museums and galleries for people's creativity, Graha Parahyangan can also function as a means of performance art room and a seminar room or meeting.

In fact, the plan will be put carriages containing merchandise at Graha Parahyangan page. In addition, the carriage in the courtyard will also functioned as a cafe, so this historic building could be more helpful and have business value for PT KAI.



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