IndonesiaThe Museum of Aceh was established during the reign of the Dutch East Indies, whose use was inaugurated by the Aceh Civil and Military Governor General H.N.A. Swart on July 31, 1915. At that time the building is a building of Traditional Houses Aceh (Rumoh Aceh). The building came from the Aceh Pavilion which was placed in the arena of Colonial Exhibition (De Coloniale Tentoonsteling) in Semarang on 13 August - 15 November 1914.
During the exhibition in Semarang, the Aceh Pavilion exhibited collections that were mostly privately owned by F.W. Stammeshaus, who in 1915 became the first Aceh Museum Curator. In addition to the collection owned by Stammeshaus, also exhibited a collection of heirloom objects from the magnifying Aceh, so that the Pavilion of Aceh is the most complete Pavilion collection.
At the exhibition, the Aceh Pavilion managed to get 4 gold, 11 silver, 3 bronze medals and an award award as the best Pavilion. The four gold medals are awarded for: performances, Acehnese dolls, ethnographic, and currency; silver for performances, photos, and household appliances. Because of this success Stammeshaus suggested to the Governor of Aceh that the Pavilion was brought back to Aceh and made into a Museum. This idea was accepted by the Governor of Aceh Swart. On the initiative of Stammeshaus, the Acehnese pavilion was restored to Aceh, and on 31 July 1915 it was inaugurated as the Aceh Museum, located east of Blang Padang in Kutaraja (Banda Aceh now). The museum is under the responsibility of the civil and military rulers of Aceh F.W. Stammeshaus as the first curator.
After Indonesia Merdeka, Aceh Museum belongs to the Local Government of Aceh, whose management is handed over to the Local Government of Tk. II Banda Aceh. In 1969 on the initiative of T. Hamzah Treasurer, the Aceh Museum was moved from its old place (Blang Padang) to its present place, at Jalan Sultan Alaidin Mahmudsyah on an area of 10,800 sqm
