Aceh Tsunami Museum
Museum Tsunami Aceh
A museum commemorating the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, designed by architect Ridwan Kamil and doubling as a tsunami shelter.
The museum's form draws on Acehnese traditional stilt houses and boat shapes, and it can serve as a tsunami shelter. The visit begins in the Corridor of Fear, a dark, narrow passage filled with the roar of rushing water, then moves to the Well of Prayer, inscribed with the names of victims, and on to galleries of tsunami footage, models and post-disaster reconstruction. About 170,000 Acehnese died in the tsunami. Tickets are limited and inexpensive. The museum closes on Fridays from 12:00 to 14:00 and may close temporarily on public holidays, so check before you go.
Opening hours
09:00–16:00 (closed midday Fridays)
Nearby sights
- Gunongan & Putroe Phang Park
- Aceh Museum
- Kerkhof Peucut
- Baiturrahman Grand Mosque
- PLTD Apung 1
- Lampulo Boat on the House
- Baiturrahim Mosque, Ulee Lheue
- Siron Tsunami Mass Grave