Museum in Bali Island

Candi Tebing Tegallingahmanuscripts written on palm leaves as literary
The department of history and archeology discoveredheritages of Bali. Here further research on contents,
an ancient cliff temple in the village of Tegallinggah,preservation, and socialization are being projected,
Bedulu, Blahbatuh in the regency of Gianyar. Thebeside more collection be searched among the private
discovery was made by the Dutch archeologistcollectors and persuade them to trust the preservation
Krygsman when he was conducting research on aat the museum.
small building carved in a steep sand stone cliff of theMonument Puputan Klungkung
Pakerisan River. The site of the temple is known onlyThe monument of Klungkung Battle is located at the
to the villagers who knew of a gate in to a carevery heart of Semarapura town, exactly on the
covered with sand after the excavation they found,northern opposite of the Court Hall and the Floating
besides the gate, a flight of stairs leading up wards.Pavilion areas. It was erected by the local government
Next in the gate were found and at the back of thesein reminiscence of the heroes who had killed sacrificing
ruins they discovered a garden. They found two smalltheir souls and bodies and all theirpossessions to
temples carved in the sandstone wall of the garden.uphold and maintain the self-value and rank of their
On the left of the gate stand the ruins of an unfinishedstate and nation against the enforcement of
monastery. It seemed that they left the placecolonization. In the vicinity of the monument, a historic
unfinished afterthe northern part of the building hadevent once took place, a grave battle to the last
crumbled down due to an earthquake.blood-shed of Klungkungese royal knights raged
Gedong Kirtya Museumagainst a troop of brutal attack from the Dutch soldiers
Built in Singaraja city, the capital city of Nusa Tenggaraon Tuesday April 28, 1908. The attraction of the
at the time. One of Dutch scholar L.J.J. Caron invitedmonument is that, it is a historical cenotaph in the
kings of Bali and religious figures o discuss about richBalinese architecture with the shape of Lingga-Yoni,
heritages of ancient litterair spreaded out in Bali. Thiserected on a height 28 meters from the base to its
art works were supposed to go astray or damage intop. And statues of King and his prominent courtiers
the course of time without giving chance to the peoplethat perished in the bloody battle fixed within,
to know or study their values. The meeting was donesupported with a line of dioramas narrating the episode
in Kintamani on June 1928. The forum decided toof the battle to the last blood-shed.
establish a foundation called " Kirtya Liefrink - Van derMuseum Arjuna Metapa(Arjuna Metapa Museum)
Tuuk" to manage the preservation. F.A. Liefrink wasThis open-air museum was constructed in 1960 and is
the Assistant Resident of Dutch Administration on Balimanaged by Bali's Department of Archeology. There is
and Lombok who put an intensive attention to Balinesean impressive collection of ancient material from both
culture and had written many articles on Bali andthe prehistoric and historic eras of Bali. Located
Lombok. Dr. H.N. Van der Tuuk, was an historians whobetween Pejeng and Bedahulu, on the way to
built his house on the land what is now Gedong KirtyaTampaksiring it is central to an area of numerous
Museum He compose the 4 volumes of Kawi -archeological discoveries. West of Gedung Area is a
Balineesch - Nederlandch Woordenboek betweensculpture known as Arjuna Metapa, or the Meditating
1872 - 1894. The museum is dedicated special forArjuna.