Aceh Tsunami Museum
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Museum Tsunami Aceh | |
 Aceh Tsunami Museum | |
  Location in Aceh  Aceh Tsunami Museum (Indonesia) | |
| Established | 26 December 2009 |
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| Location | Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 5°32′51.8″N 95°18′54.3″E / 5.547722°N 95.315083°E |
| Website | museumtsunami |
| Opening hours | Open daily : 10am to 12pm, 3pm to 5pm |
The Aceh Tsunami Museum, located in Banda Aceh, in Aceh province, Indonesia, is a museum designed as a symbolic reminder of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster, as well as an educational centre and an emergency disaster shelter in case the area is ever hit by a tsunami again.[1]
Tsunami Hallway
The Aceh Tsunami Museum was designed by Indonesian architect Ridwan Kamil, former governor of West Java. The museum is a 2,500 m2 (27,000 sq ft) four-storey structure, with its long curving walls covered in geometric reliefs.[citation needed]
Inside, visitors enter through a dark, narrow corridor between two high walls of water — meant to recreate the noise and panic of the tsunami itself. The museum walls are adorned with images of people performing the Saman dance, a symbolic gesture dedicated to the strength, discipline, and religious beliefs of the Acehnese people.[2] From above, the roof resembles a tsunami. The ground floor is modelled on the kind of traditional raised Acehnese houses that were best equipped to survive the tsunami.[1]
Tsunami Memorial Hall
The building acknowledges both the victims, whose names are to be inscribed on the wall of one of the museum's internal chambers, and the surviving members of the local community.[2] In addition to its role as a memorial for those who died, the museum also offers a place of refuge from future such events, including an "escape hill" for visitors to run to in the event of another tsunami.[2]
