Museum Mandiri is one of museums which located in Oud Batavia.
The history begins from
1929. Once this building wasn't Bank Mandiri, but NHM (Nederlandsche
Handel-Maatschappij), a Dutch bank. Only Dutch that could save money here and
Indonesian couldn't. Indonesian used to save their money at Bank Indonesia or
De Javasche Bank.
In 1960
NHM was nationalized after Indonesia independency in 1945 became Bank Exim
(Bank Expor Impor). But, crisis in 1998 made Bank Exim joined with BDN (Bank
Dagang Negara), Bapindo (Bank Pembangunan Indonesia), and BBD (Bank Bumi Daya)
became Bank Mandiri.
There
were 3 architect from Holland who designed and built this building named J.J.J.
de Bruyn, A.P. Smits and C. van de Linde.
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| From colonial era |
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| Museum's playground |
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| With my friend Yona |
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| Garden |
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