Bengkulu Museum

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Bengkulu Museum
The Bengkulu Museum, also known as the Bengkulu State Museum, houses collections of historical objects and cultural customs from each ethnic group in Bengkulu.  Among them are bridal and traditional clothing, household tools, traditional weapons, traditional house forms, Ka ga nga letters, and relics from stone to bronze civilizations. There are also relics of woven cloth crafts, such as Enggano woven fabrics and various types of besurek cloth motifs.


History
The Bengkulu Museum was constructed in 1978.  However, the museum established by Drs. On May 3, 1980, GBPH Poeger began operations.  The Bengkulu Museum was originally located at Fort Marlborough. However, on January 3, 1983, the museum relocated to Jalan Pembangunan number 8 Padang Harapan.


Collection
This museum houses a collection of 126 ancient manuscripts, the authors of which are unknown.   Ten of them have so far been successfully translated into Indonesian. This ancient manuscript collection containing rhymes, histories, and discourses dates back tens or even hundreds of years.  In addition to ancient manuscripts, the museum, which spans 9,974 square meters, houses a collection of traditional fabrics. One of them is Besurek Cloth, which is a cotton cloth manufactured in the same way as batik cloth.  The motifs on Besurek cloth resemble Arabic calligraphy letters.  However, the motifs do not interweave, making the word unreadable.  Among the intriguing collections

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