Archeological Museum of Sangiran

Sangiran Museum is an archaeological museum located in Sragen Regency parts and partly in the Karanganyar Regency. The Museum is located in the area of making sangiran site, Sangiran museum as a tourist attraction as well as research on prehistoric life.

In this Museum you can get a fairly complete information about the life of pre history, ranging from pre historical species and also the pattern of his life. Sangiran Museum could become a historical tourism and educational choice for all walks of life.

Sangiran Museum Collection
The following are some of the collections that are stored in the Museum of Sangiran:

1. Human fossils, among others, Australopithecus africanus (replica), Pithecanthropus mojokertensis (Pithecanthropus robustus) (replica), Homo soloensis (a replica of) the European Neanderthals, Homo (replica), Homo neanderthal Asian (replica), and Homo sapiens.
2. Animal fossil vertebrates, such as Elephas namadicus (elephant), Stegodon trigonocephalus (elephant), Mastodon sp (elephant), Bubalus palaeokarabau (Buffalo), Felis palaeojavanica (Tigers), Sus SP. (swine), Rhinoceros sondaicus (Javan), Ungulates (cattle, Bull), and sp Cervus (deer and sheep).
3. Fossils of marine and freshwater animals, among other Crocodillus sp (crocodile), fish and crab, shark teeth, sp House Hippopotamus (hippopotamus), Molluscs (the class Pelecypoda and Gastropod), sp Chelonia (turtles), and foraminifera.
4. The rocks are, among others, Flint, Chalcedon, meteors, and diatoms.
5. Stone artifacts, such as flakes and blades, drill, and shaved square axes, stone balls and axe perimbas-penetak.

Sangiran Museum is located about 17 km from the city of Solo to the North, crosses the road Solo-Purwodadi.

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