The Museum Siwalima

The Museum Siwalima

Siwa Lima Museum is a museum which was established on 8 November 1973 but it was only inaugurated on March 26, 1977. Museum Shiva Five is administratively located in the village of Amahusu, District Nusaniwe, Ambon, Maluku province lies precisely in the area of Taman Makmur. The museum is located on a hill directly facing Ambon Bay that makes it so closely. The distance from the city of Ambon is 5 kilometers.

Mengulik of he said, Siwalima word comes from two words of Siwa and said five words. Siwa means nine derived from said Uli Shiva which implies a collection of 9 empire located in the southern region of Maluku, while the word comes from the word five Patalima that implies a collection of royal beada 5 in the north Maluku. But the first sentence that would be found while visiting the museum visitor is Upu Mae Usu word written on the front of the museum entrance which means "Let's Have a Sign".

At first the Siwa Lima Museum just keep things smelling customs and collections of cultural objects Maluku, but now with the passage of time the museum is divided
into two parts. Sections / first building often referred to as the Marine Museum Siwalima. The building is storing maritime history Ambon residents consisting of objects and marine animals. One example which is displayed as a whale skeleton that has a long variety of one example that big size is the size of 23 meters.

Furthermore, the second building is often referred to as Siwalima Cultural Museum. In the second building holds all things related to the culture of Maluku, such as custom clothing, the original building Maluku, Maluku typical weapon, old money, farming tools, equipment traditional ceremonies, and various jars in the Japanese colonial period. The sum of all the collections in the museum there are about 5684 pieces.
 
Many collections at the Museum Siwalima should be prepared piled stored in the exhibition space due to lack of space to put various objects of the museum collection. Displays the new old replaced with new ones every five years. A collection of historical objects of this museum came mostly from Southwest Maluku district, West Southeast Maluku and Maluku middle. There are also several collections of ancient ceramics from China that comes from government Ming Dynasty.

While visiting Siwalima Museum visitors can make a special request to enjoy various performances of dance performances, local music or to demo the manufacture of woven fabrics typical of the local area. In Siwalima museum has also provided a tour guide or tour guide for those of you who want to know more clearly and detail the entire contents or various collections contained in this museum. Admission applied is quite affordable museum tickets at Rp2,500 for adults and for children Rp.1.500 while coming in group counted 1.000 per person.