Indonesia's long and illustrious history is testament of the country as a melting pot of different cultures, religions and influences. indonesia's multi-cutural mixture has enriched the nations's heritage and to carefully preserved this are the museums found throughout the country.
During the Classical and Hindu periods, Indonesian kingdoms were some of the highly sophisticated civilizations in the Southeast Asia best known for their glorious monuments, such as the Borobudur and Prambanan temples in Java, stone inscriptions and classical texts.
The arrival of the Dutch in the 16th century marked the beginning of a colonial period that spanned over 350 years and left their mark in the colonial architecture found in Indonesia's bigger cities, such as Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang and Yogyakarta