Islamic museum at Taman Mini

Islamic museum at Taman Mini

JAKARTA (JP): The government will build a museum, Baitul
Quran, which will display Islamic works of art, on 7,500 square
meters of land at the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta.

Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher said that the
museum will be provided with historical artifacts from all over
Indonesia.

The Rp 10 billion (US$4.4 million) four-story museum is to be
built on Taman Mini's front tract and is expected to go into
operation by April, 1996.

The building will also have a mosque and a conference hall,
Tarmizi told reporters after meeting with First Lady Tien
Soeharto, who is providing the land on which the museum will be
built.

"More and more ulemas are doing work or art and asking where
they can display it. That's why we build the museum," Tarmizi
said.

Designed by Achmad Moe'man, the museum will have data of its
artifacts stored on computer discs. To be on display is the
world's largest Koran made in Bondowoso, East Java.(pan)