National Archives Building, Jakarta

National Archives Building
Gedung Arsip Nasional
National Archives Building
National Archives Building, Jakarta is located in Jakarta
National Archives Building, Jakarta
location within Jakarta
National Archives Building, Jakarta is located in Indonesia
National Archives Building, Jakarta
National Archives Building, Jakarta (Indonesia)
General information
StatusRestored
TypeMuseum
Architectural styleOld Indies style
LocationJakarta, Indonesia
AddressJalan Gajah Mada no. 111
Coordinates6°9′14″S 106°49′1″E / 6.15389°S 106.81694°E / -6.15389; 106.81694
Groundbreaking1755[2]
Estimated completion1760[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)anonymous
Other information
Public transit accessKoridor 1 Transjakarta Mangga Besar

The National Archives Building (Indonesian: Gedung Arsip Nasional) is the building of the Government Museum in Jakarta, Indonesia. The building, formerly a late 18th-century private residence of Governor-General Reinier de Klerk, is part of the cultural heritage of Jakarta. The house is an archetypal Indies-Style house of the earliest period.

The building in the 1930s
Interior of the National Archives Building
  1. ^ Akihary 1990, p. 11.
  2. ^ de Haan 1922, pp. 72–6.