Indonesia lies on the junction of the earth plate. Consequently, Indonesia becomes a seismic zone. Moreover, Indonesia is included in the ring of fire of 500 volcanoes among which 129 are active. The number covers 13 percent of total active volcanoes in the world. It reaffirms that Indonesia is located in a disaster-potential area. Therefore, there must be some mitigation effort to press the number of victims when disaster occurs.
Merapi Volcano Museum is a new tourist site at the southern slope of Merapi built to give solution to the above problem. This tourist object was designed as an ongoing conservation and education site as well as developing knowledge on volcanic disaster, earthquake, and other disasters. It was inaugurated on October 1, 2009 by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Purnomo Yusgiantoro.
The slogan of the museum is “Merapi Jendela Bumi” (Merapi the Window of the World). It is 4.470 square meters and occupies as wide as 3,4 acres of land and it is a two-story building. The first floor contains museum collections which are divided into several rooms with different themes. There are the Volcano World, On The Merapi Volcano Trail, Manusia dan Gunung Api (mankind and volcano), Bencana Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami (earthquake and tsunami), Bencana Gerakan Tanah (landslide), Diorama, Peralatan Survey (survey equipment), Extra-terestrial Volcano, and other supporting facilities. The second floor functions as a theater showing movies about volcano. Currently it is still under construction.
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Merapi Volcano Museum is a new tourist site at the southern slope of Merapi built to give solution to the above problem. This tourist object was designed as an ongoing conservation and education site as well as developing knowledge on volcanic disaster, earthquake, and other disasters. It was inaugurated on October 1, 2009 by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Purnomo Yusgiantoro.
The slogan of the museum is “Merapi Jendela Bumi” (Merapi the Window of the World). It is 4.470 square meters and occupies as wide as 3,4 acres of land and it is a two-story building. The first floor contains museum collections which are divided into several rooms with different themes. There are the Volcano World, On The Merapi Volcano Trail, Manusia dan Gunung Api (mankind and volcano), Bencana Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami (earthquake and tsunami), Bencana Gerakan Tanah (landslide), Diorama, Peralatan Survey (survey equipment), Extra-terestrial Volcano, and other supporting facilities. The second floor functions as a theater showing movies about volcano. Currently it is still under construction.
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