Merapi Volcano Museum: Attractiveness, Operational Hours, Ticket Prices, And Location

Merapi Volcano Museum (doc. mgm sleptab)

The YOGYAKARTA Merapi Volcano Museum or more popularly called the Mount Merapi Museum is a historic museum that can be used as a means of education.

This tourist destination was founded by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources as an effort to preserve the history and culture around Mount Merapi.

The Mount Merapi Museum began to be opened to the public since 2009 as a means of education and dissemination of information about volcanicity and other geological disasters.

The main attraction of the Merapi Volcano Museum is that tourists can see documentation and props regarding the volcanic phenomenon in the world.

In this museum, there is also a maket equipped with a button to find out how the eruption occurred when the volcano Erupted. The button can be suppressed and there will be props that display incandescent lava simulations as well as narratives describing the simulation.

Not only that, there is also a zone from Mount Merapi that provides special information about the volcano. In this zone, visitors can see various phenomena around Mount Merapi and the myths that exist there.

When climbing to the second floor, visitors can see props about the tsunami and photos of the eruption.

In this area, visitors can also see the documentation of the eruption of Mount Merapi from 1980 to 2010. The two are also mini theaters to watch documentaries.

To enjoy all the attractions offered by the museum, tourists can come to the Merapi Volcano Museum by paying for entrance tickets.

Adapting the mgm Slemankab page, here is a list of entrance ticket prices for the Merapi Volcano Museum:

Tourists who want to visit the Mount Merapi Museum can come according to operating hours.

The opening hours of the Merapi Volcano Museum are:

The location of the Mount Merapi Museum is in the Mount Merapi area, precisely on Jalan Kaliurang KM. 22, Banteng, Hargobinangun, Pakem, Sleman, Yogyakarta Special Region. This area can be easily accessed by private vehicles.

If departing from the center of Yogyakarta, tourists will travel about 25 km for 45 to 60 minutes.

To get to the location, tourists simply follow the route leading to the Kaliurang tourist area. Before arriving at the celebration of the Kaliurang tour, tourists can turn left on Jalan Banteng, and the Merapi Volcano Museum will be on the right side of the road.

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