North Sumatra Museum

This museum building was constructed in 1954. The museum itself was inaugurated on April 19, 1982 by the Minister of Education and Culture, Daoed Joesoef.^{[citation needed]} This museum is one of the foremost museums in Indonesia.^[1]

The museum stands on an area of 10,468 m² and consists of a main building of two floors which functions as a permanent exhibition space, a place for temporary exhibitions, an audio-visual room/lecture, administration, and other supportive parts of the overall arrangements.^[2][3]

In 2005, the museum had 6,799 collection consist on animal replicas typical of Sumatra, fossil replicas of early humans, dioramas of prehistoric life, as well as a variety of prehistoric tools.^[3] Other relics such as statues of Hindu – Buddha relics, tombstones heritage, Al-Qur'an, a replica of Masjid Azizi is here, and also historical tooling around Dutch Colonial era also collected. In addition, there is also a model of colonial figures and replicas of Medan city life around past era. Collectibles include traditional and modern weapon, medicine – traditional medicine, communications equipment used against the invaders. Also featured paintings of heroism and wartime propaganda poster. Photographs and paintings of heroes and former governors of Northern Sumatra also presented.