Museum society organizes tour

Museum society organizes tour

JAKARTA: The Sahabat Museum society, a group of people
interested in Jakarta's museums, is planning a tour of old
Batavia bank buildings on Sunday.

The tour will start at 7:30 a.m. at the Factorij Nederlandsche
Handel-Maatschappij building, now known as the Bank Mandiri
Museum, which houses a collection of banking equipment from the
colonial era.

Another place to visit is the Kota branch of Bank Mandiri in
West Jakarta, which was built in 1935 by a Dutch architect, and
the Javasche Bank, now known as the Bank Indonesia building.

In addition, tour participants will visit the old Beos train
station (today Station Jakarta Kota), also in the old city of
West Jakarta.

Heritage lovers interested in learning about the history of
banking in Jakarta can contact Sahabat Museum by e-mail at
adep@cbn.net.id or by phone at 0818949682. -- JP