Mpu Tantular Museum
Museum Negeri Mpu Tantular
The East Java Provincial Museum, with Hindu-Buddhist stone sculptures, inscriptions, and ethnographic artifacts. A good place to learn about East Java's history.
The Mpu Tantular Museum is the East Java Provincial Museum. It began as a municipal museum established in Surabaya in 1933 and moved to Buduran in Sidoarjo in 2004. Its collection includes Hindu-Buddhist stone sculptures from the Singhasari and Majapahit periods, such as the Durga statue and the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, inscriptions of King Airlangga, ancient coins, and ethnic costumes and everyday objects. Admission is inexpensive. The museum is closed on Mondays and is about 25 km from Surabaya. It can be visited on the same day as the mud volcano and Trowulan.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun, about 8:00 am–3:00 pm
Nearby sights
- Sidoarjo Mud Flow (Lumpur Lapindo)
- Al-Akbar National Mosque
- Surabaya Zoo
- Taman Bungkul
- Wonorejo Mangrove Ecotourism
- Submarine Monument (Monkasel)
- Gedung Negara Grahadi
- Ciputra Waterpark