Museum Angkut (in
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as Transportation Museum) is a
transport museum
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located in
Batu,
East Java
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and located on hillside of Mount Panderman, part of Mount
Kawi
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Butak. The museum has more than 300 collections of types of traditional to modern transportation. The museum is divided into several zones decorated with the background of building models from the continents of Asia, Europe to America. Especially in the European Zone, its setting by 1800-1900s French-style with various vintage European cars. Museum Angkut is the first all type and mode of transportation museum in Indonesia and
Southeast Asia
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In addition to vintage cars, one of the newest transport collections is the Tucuxi
electric car
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owned by former Indonesian
minister of BUMN and owner of
Jawa Pos Group
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Dahlan Iskan who had previously had an accident on a road located on the slopes of Mount Lawu in Magetan when tested. In the museum, there is also a
Flight Simulator
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vehicle located on the third floor of the main museum building.
Museum Angkut is owned and operated by
Jawa Timur Park Group which also has Batu Secret Zoo, Batu Night Spectacular (BNS), Eco Green Park and Wildlife Museum. The museum was founded on 9 March 2014.
Gallery
File:Tucuxi at Museum Angkut, Batu, 2017-10-01.jpg, Damaged Tucuxi ('the Dolphin') prototype at Museum Angkut
File:Inside Museum Angkut (Transport Museum), Batu, Malang Indonesia 02.jpg, Interior of Museum Angkut
File:Replica of Indonesia's Semaphore Signalling @ Museum Angkut,Batu.jpg, Replica of Indonesia's semaphore signalling in Museum Angkut
See also
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Jawa Timur Park
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List of transport museums
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can a ...
References
External links
Official website of Museum Angkut
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Batu, East Java
Tourist attractions in East Java
Museums in East Java
Transport museums in Indonesia
Museums established in 2014
2014 establishments in Indonesia
Transport museums
Automotive museums