Japanese, Asean youth to visit museum

Japanese, Asean youth to visit museum

MANADO, North Sulawesi: As many as 350 youths from Japan and Asean countries are scheduled to visit the city's state museum on Oct. 2, to view historical objects from colonial times.

The museum curator, K. Pantouw said here Saturday that arrangements have been made to welcome the overseas visitors so they may gain a comprehensive understanding of the objects stored in the museum.

Pantouw revealed that the museum boasted a collection of 2812 objects consisting of around 10 types of geological, biological and ethnographic elements.

He further explained that 20,000 visitors, including many from Korea, visited the museum in 1988 to have a close look at the objects that bore similarities to those in their country.

Pantouw said the museum was a proper place to study the historical evidence of human culture, nature and environment. --Antara.