Inspiration That Never Dead at the Museum of Bung Hatta

If a visit to Bukittinggi, not only to enjoy its natural course. Come to the Museum of Bung Hatta, because there are many relics collection of Bung Hatta and stories that could be your inspiration.

Bung Hatta was the first vice president in this country and he is one of the keys of the independence of Indonesia. Bung Hatta, whose full name is Mohammed Hatta, was born in London on August 12, 1902. He is intelligent, smart and inspiring great writers.

Bung Hatta had gone to Holland, where he learned many things. One well-known writings, the contents of the independence of Indonesia was "Indonesia: Free". In fact he never read his speech was to be arrested and imprisoned by the Dutch government. Bung Hatta was also a very friendly and unpretentious. His friends are great people, among others Suwardi Suryaningrat (Ki Hajar Dewantara), Cipto Mangunkusumo, and one of the world leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Museum is the home of Bung Hatta Hatta itself being converted into a museum. The museum is located at Jalan Soekarno-Hatta Road No. 37, District Guguh Long, Bukittinggi. In this museum there are several collections owned by Bung Hatta, such as cabinets, chairs, beds, antique clocks, which he never used bicycles, desks, and books reading of Bung Hatta. The museum is open daily from Monday-Friday at 08.00-16.00 pm and Saturday-Sunday from 9 a.m. to 14:00 o'clock pm. In addition, museum admission is not charged anything, or free.

One of the places you must visit this museum is in the reading room of his desk facing the window and could see directly into the street. You can imagine how nice Interest thereupon read a book while looking for new ideas.

There is a story of Bung Hatta of the most memorable of many people, ie he was eager to have Bally shoes, which he saw while reading a magazine. He even attached to the magazine cutouts pasted on walls and houses. He wanted to buy it but do not have the money. Even until his death, he did not get to have these shoes.

The story is very thrilling. You could say he is the number two in Indonesia at the time and easy for him to buy shoes. But, he is an honest person and do not want corruption. He did not want to use public money to benefit himself.

Come to the Museum of Bung Hatta and find some interesting stories and collections that he can make you more love this country. And get lots of inspiration there.