If you like interesting museums and pretty architecture then you will find a plethora of engaging locations in Banda Aceh, as well as several monuments dedicated to those who lost their lives when the tsunami hit. Banda Aceh is not the only place of note in the province however, and you can easily find strips of golden beach and serene islands off the coast. Aceh is also the home of one of the most famous national parks in Indonesia, and there are opportunities for trekking, hiking, and camping all over the province.
The tsunami museum is a museum in Banda Aceh designed as a symbolic monument to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster as well as a disaster education center and emergency shelter.
The tsunami museum was designed by the architect 'Ridwan Kamil'. This museum is a four-story structure with an area of 2,500 m with curved walls covered with geometric relief. Inside, visitors enter through a narrow and dark alley between two high water walls to recreate the atmosphere and panic during the tsunami. The museum wall is decorated with pictures of Saman dancing people, a symbolic meaning for the strength, discipline, and religious beliefs of the Acehnese tribe. From above, the roof forms sea waves. The ground floor was designed like a traditional Aceh stilt house that survived the brunt of the tsunami.
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