The Jakarta History Museum is located in a centuries old building that once served as a former city hall of the former Dutch colonial government. The Musuem contains a large collection of objects from the Dutch East Indies Company, historical maps, paintings, ceramics, furniture, and archeological objects from the prehistoric era. There are several different rooms in the Musuem thst display the various historical objects. Interesting Museum into the past history of Jakarta.

The museum is housed in a lovely old building dating to 1624, renovated in 1707 and the former City Hall of Old Batavia. It became a museum in 1974 and exhibits many items garnered from, the history of the city and is viewed as a centre for the collection, conservation, research and preservation for all kinds of objects of cultural property. Reasonably well curated and well signed. Some murals near the entry seem to be adversely affected by climatic condition or rising damp in the walls. The building has 37 ornately decorated rooms, although we didn't visit all, and some dungeons under the front portico. Realistically, we could have spent an entire afternoon here rather that the 30 minutes allocated while on tour.

The musuem is located in the historic quarter of Jakarta which can be reached by the Transjakarta busway, alighting at the Jakarta Kota train station and continuing afoot through the quarters as it is car-free zone. This historic building was rebuilt in 1707 and served as the Cityhall during the Dutch occupation. Currently it is serving as the Jakarta History Museum which tells the history of Jakarta, starting from the time of the kingdom of Tarumanegara up until now. The entrance is very affordable (underpriced i feel), and it is recommendable to leverage the guided tour to give context and sense of each of the rooms. The guides are very knowledgeable and can speak English. A very good way to learn about the history of the city of Jakarta and its inhabitants.