Remembering the 2004 Tsunami Aceh Museum

GRC - A massive earthquake followed by tsunami waves on December 26, 2004 in Aceh is indeed a major impact on various aspects of community life. How come? There are more than 120,000 deaths and a lot of people are homeless. Now, a picture of the devastating natural disaster that occurred 10 years ago can be seen in Banda Aceh Tsunami Museum traveler know!

Tsunami Museum is located at Jalan Iskandar Muda, Banda Aceh. Designed by Ridwan Kamil, who is now the mayor of Bandung, Tsunami Museum has a very attractive appearance for the form Rumoh Aceh, the local customs house stilts, with the concept of building escape hill, which serves as an evacuation in case of a tsunami hazard.

So, what are the contents in the Tsunami Museum? On the first floor, a traveler will enter a narrow hallway with a splashing waterfall and a roar that describes the tsunami waves. In the next room there is a visual documentation and chimney which contains the names of victims of the disaster in 2004. This documentation is displayed with attractive, both during pre-tsunami, during the tsunami and post-tsunami. One interesting part is the diorama of fishing vessels that tsunami and ship diesel diorama Apung 1 who is now at Punge, Blang Cut, not far from the Tsunami Museum.

Up to the second floor, a traveler can see the various collections in the form of instructional media, ranging from the library, props, four-dimensional space, and a souvenir shop. Some props are displayed among other things, the design of earthquake-resistant buildings, as well as a model diagram of the earth fault. If you go up to the third floor or the top one is the form of the open space that serves as an evacuation shelter during the tsunami disaster.

If the traveler was on vacation in Banda Aceh, do not miss to visit the Museum Tsunami yes. Keep in mind, Tsunami Museum is open every day except Friday, with a time of open starting at 10:00 to 12:00 pm and 3:00 p.m. to 17:00 pm. Yups, the museum is closed at midday call to prayer rang out and a new prayer reopen in the afternoon.