What's in the Aceh Tsunami Museum?

Incomplete taste, if visiting Aceh without visiting the Tsunami Museum,This museum was built by BRR NAD-NIAS after the design competition won by M. Ridwan Kamil, ITB lecturer and entitled to fund 100 million rupiah. This museum alone spent 140 billion for its construction. When viewed from above, this museum reflects the tsunami waves, but if seen from the side (bottom) it looks like a rescue boat with a large deck as an escape building.

Once inside, you feel like entering a dark alley tsunami wave with a height of 40 meters with a falling water effect. Be careful with your head, prepare a wide hat so that your hair and clothes will not get wet. For those who fear the dark and still phobia with the tsunami, it is not advisable to enter from this path. After passing through this place, dozens of standing screens present post-tsunami photographs of destruction and destruction as well as death, full of images of victims and images of help against them.

After from this room, you will enter the "Fate Determination Room" or "Fighting Room", often called The Light of God. This room is shaped like a semi-dark chimney with Allah's writing on the top. This reflects the struggle of tsunami victims. Where, for those who surrender when captured tsunami waves, then their names are imprinted on the chimney wall as a victim. Conversely, for those who feel there is hope, continue to struggle while expecting compassion from the Most Helpful. Once they are convinced of God's help, they seem to hear a divine call and keep fighting to survive the wave.
Alhamdulillah, they finally really can get out of the deadly waves after spinning against the current. This is reflected by the journey turning out of the chimney to the Hope Bridge. When reaching this bridge, the survivors saw the flag of 52 countries, as if they were extending help to them. Through this bridge, such as through the tsunami water to the higher ground. Here you will be greeted with a tsunami movie playback for 15 minutes from the earthquake occurred, when the tsunami occurred until the time of rescue came.
Dead Hours: concrete proofs during tsunami moments Get out of here you will see lots of giant photos and tsunami artifacts. For example: a large standing clock that died when the time indicates at 8.17 minutes or a photo clock Baiturrahman Great Mosque that fell and died also at that time. Other artifacts are miniatures about the tsunami. For example, people catching fish in the sea and running for safety when the waves exceeded the height of the coconut trees crashing into them. Or house buildings that were ravaged by an earthquake before the flood came "to clean it up".

Climbed to the third floor, there was a variety of earthquake and tsunami science-based facilities. Among the history and potential of tsunamis across the earth, simulation of volcano eruptions throughout Indonesia, simulated earthquakes that can be set how richtel scale we want and if lucky you can also "enjoy" simulation 4D (four dimensional) earthquake and tsunami events. In addition, there is also an ideal design of spatial layout for areas with potential for tsunamis.

Ideal Spatial Design for Potentially Tsunami Areas Finally, at the end of the visit, you can enjoy some typical Aceh dry cakes such as keukarah, kuet ceupet, tarek sugar and others in the Souvenir Room. There are also typical T-shirts and souvenirs of Aceh such as rencong, rencong brooches and aceh pinto broo and there are many more. Go downstairs, you can relax by the pool of Hope bridge while looking at ornamental fish who swim to and fro or take some photo moments on the museum deck. If lucky, you can take pictures with the prospective bride who often do pre-wedding photos here. But if you feel hungry and want to pray dhuha, available cafe and mosque space under the east of the building. If you want to go to the restroom, you can use the deck space, after the entrance gate. Finally, hopefully your visit brings many benefits and adds new knowledge that you can tell as "souvenir" when you come back later.

Swimming give: place to relax while looking at ornamental fish.