Mini Indonesia Park is a cultural and entertainment area that is located in East Jakarta. The park covers a large area of about 250 acres. Visitors can learn a lot about Indonesia and its people, see the country in miniature, hence the name of the park. Since the park's territory is very large, visitors drive on its territory by cars and bicycles rented, so there are traffic lights that regulate the movement of these cars and pedestrians.
The park has built pavilions-museums whose exhibits depict all aspects of everyday life in 26 provinces of Indonesia (this number of provinces was in 1975, today there are 34). These pavilions exhibit Indonesian architecture, national dress, and sometimes even a theatrical show featuring national costumes and national dances.
Not far from these pavilions is a lake with artificial islands in the middle, which by their location are a visual mini-model of the world's largest archipelago Indonesia.
The park has the Tanah Airku Theatre (My Homeland Theatre), a cinema and museums. There are 14 museums in total, including the Komodo Museum, the Stamp Museum, the Insect Museum, the East Timor Museum and many others.
The idea for this park, showing Indonesia in miniature, belongs to Siti Hartinah, better known as Tien Suharto, former First Lady of Indonesia, wife of Haji Muhammad Suharto, the second president of the Republic of Indonesia. By creating such a park, Siti Hartinah wanted to cultivate the national culture of the Indonesian people, to show how rich and diverse the culture of Indonesia is. The project was originally called "Indonesia in Miniature Project" and was started in 1972 by the Indonesian Harapan Kita Foundation. Today, the park offers not only museums, but also a water park.
