Maritime Museum (Indonesia)

The Maritime Museum in Jakarta is a city museum focused on Indonesia’s maritime history, located in the old port area of Sunda Kelapa in Kota Tua. It is housed in former coastal warehouses and presents collections on shipbuilding, navigation and regional maritime trade.

Exhibits include ship models, navigational instruments, maps and displays about Indonesia’s archipelagic seafaring traditions. The museum’s setting in historic warehouse buildings gives visitors a direct connection between the material culture on display and the port environment outside.

The buildings that contain the museum are former Dutch colonial warehouses that front the old harbour; their sturdy timber and masonry construction dates to the colonial period when Sunda Kelapa was a working port. The museum adapts those spaces to present maritime collections and temporary exhibitions.

The Maritime Museum sits on the north coast of Jakarta in the Kota Tua area, a short walk from Fatahillah Square and adjacent to the Sunda Kelapa harbour. The site is easily reached by road and by the local transport options serving the old town.

• Historic building fabric: Housed in former Dutch East India Company era warehouses near the old Sunda Kelapa harbour, the museum links building fabric with maritime history.
• Location and access: Located in Jakarta's Kota Tua district, it is within short walking distance of Fatahillah Square and the active Sunda Kelapa port area.

What to See #

• Warehouse exhibition halls: A set of historic port warehouses on the north coast of Jakarta that now host maritime exhibitions about Indonesian seafaring and shipbuilding traditions.
• Harbour-side displays: Outdoor displays and occasional traditional boats moored nearby that illustrate local craft and coastal trade connections.