Visiting The Aceh Tsunami Museum - Learning About The Aceh Tsunami Tragedy Decades Ago

Hello everyone,,, for those of you who love history, there's nothing wrong with trying a vacation to Banda Aceh City, in Banda Aceh City there are many historical destinations that we can visit if we go on vacation to the city. Banda Aceh City is the capital of Aceh province, Indonesia. The city is located at the northern tip of Sumatra Island and is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia with a rich history and strong culture. Banda Aceh is also known as the "Veranda of Mecca" because of its strong historical and cultural ties to the Islamic world.

Or you can also see the location of the Tsunami Museum via the WorldMapPin.Com site with the following location code: [//]:# (!worldmappin 5.54773 lat 95.31519 long Mesium Tsunami Aceh d3scr)

The city is also famous for being one of the areas worst hit by the tsunami in 2004. After the disaster, Banda Aceh underwent a lot of rebuilding and revitalization, so there are many silent witnesses that we can learn from the tsunami tragedy which has now been made into a Tsunami Museum or monuments in certain locations as a sign that the location experienced a terrible tragedy of the tsunami.

As I told in my previous article, if you are on vacation to Aceh, then Banda Aceh City is a strategic place to stay, because from Banda Aceh City we can reach several tourist destinations there with a very close distance, previously we visited the Aceh Museum, there we can learn about the culture of the Acehnese tribe or the true traditions of the Acehnese people.

So, we are visiting the Aceh Tsunami Museum, here we can find out and learn many things about the great tragedy that befell Aceh decades ago, namely the Aceh Tsunami Tragedy.

Tsunami Museum is open every day, starting at 09:00 WIB and closing at 16:30 WIB, only on Fridays it is only open for half a day after Friday prayers, which is at 14:00 WIB. Tickets to enter the Tsunami Museum are very affordable, we only spend IDR 5,000 per ticket and can go around the entire Tsunami Museum as much as we like. In this Tsunami Museum, facilities are also available for people with disabilities, so for people with disabilities, wheelchairs will be provided if and their guides are unable to go around the museum like other people, because this building also has a lot of space and a very far distance if measured from the entrance to the exit.

The Tsunami Museum is always crowded with visitors every day, both tourists from outside the city and outside the province, and we will enter the museum according to the queue number we get, and as soon as we enter the museum door we will be greeted by the museum guide and immediately directed where we want to go, in the first room we were given information about the areas affected by the tsunami tragedy.

The tsunami that occurred on December 26, 2004 had a major impact on the Banda Aceh area and its surroundings. Some of the worst affected areas in Banda Aceh were in 6 sub-districts, namely Meuraxa Sub-district, Kuta Raja Sub-district, Syiah Kuala Sub-district, Jaya Baru Sub-district, Ulee Kareng Sub-district, and Baiturrahman Sub-district. The tsunami waves damaged buildings, roads, and infrastructure in these areas. In addition to physical damage, the tsunami also caused great loss of life and property. Since the disaster, many areas in Banda Aceh have been rebuilt, but the memory and impact of the 2004 tsunami are still felt today.

Continuing to the next room, we were met with a helicopter that was destroyed and displayed in the open space, the helicopter was an Indonesian helicopter that was destroyed by the big waves of the tsunami at that time, and is now displayed in the Tsunami Museum as a silent witness to the destruction caused by the tsunami tragedy.

Moving on to the next room, the atmosphere felt a little quiet and goosebumps, when we saw thousands of names written on the walls of the room, curiosity arose and we asked the museum guide about the names displayed all over the walls of the room, and it turned out that those were the names of thousands of known victims of the tsunami tragedy, and there were still tens of thousands of other victims whose identities were unknown. a deep sense of silence when we were in that room and saw the names of so many victims.

The room is designed to create the illusion that visitors are in the middle of a tsunami. The visual and sound effects provide a powerful sensation, making the experience very real and emotional.

The tsunami that occurred on December 26, 2004 was one of the deadliest natural disasters in Aceh's history. In Banda Aceh, which was one of the worst-affected areas, the death toll reached tens of thousands.

Overall in Banda Aceh and the surrounding areas, an estimated 130,000 to 170,000 people died as a result of the tsunami. This figure includes those who are missing and have not been found until now. This disaster not only caused great loss of life, but also destroyed the infrastructure, homes, and livelihoods of thousands of families.

Then we moved to the second floor, which is a 4-dimensional room that contains a lot of complete information about the tsunami tragedy experienced by the Acehnese people at that time.
While walking towards the 4-dimensional room, we were also shown several documentations about the tsunami tragedy along the Tsunami Museum room.

It so happened that there were quite a lot of visitors today and we were forced to queue to go to the 4-dimensional room.

After queuing for about 15 minutes, we went straight to the 4-dimensional room that we had been waiting for. The 4-dimensional room is one of the most interesting rooms, this room provides a deep and emotional experience about the tsunami tragedy in Aceh.

The main purpose of this room is to provide a deeper understanding of how terrible the tsunami disaster was and its impact on human life. Visitors are expected to be able to reflect on the event and learn from the tragedy that occurred.

This room is one of the most memorable elements in the Tsunami Museum, and often leaves a strong emotional impact on visitors.

The room is designed to provide an immersive experience through the use of sophisticated audio and visuals. The sound of roaring water, darkness, and dramatic lighting are all used to give visitors a sense of being in the midst of a tsunami disaster.

Inside the room, there are often visual presentations that outline the chronology of events on December 26, 2004, from the earthquake that occurred at the bottom of the Indian Ocean to the tsunami that swept across Aceh. This information helps visitors understand the sequence of events and how the disaster developed.

This room also provides information on the importance of disaster mitigation, such as early warning systems, better urban planning, and educating the public about what to do when an earthquake or tsunami occurs. Visitors are invited to reflect on the importance of preparedness and preventive measures to deal with future disasters.

We are truly educated by this visit, the tragedy that happened in Aceh decades ago can be a reflection and lesson for the future, hopefully tragedies of this magnitude will not be felt again by the people of Aceh and all of us, this will be a lesson for me, us and all of us.

Thank you for those of you who have read my writing this time, and don't forget to follow my travel story in the next writing, hopefully it can be new knowledge for all of you.

We will meet again....

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