Museum Trowulan

Museum Trowulan is the archaeological museum located in Trowulan, Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia. The museum was built to store the various artefacts and archaeological evidence found in the vicinity Trowulan. This place is one of Indonesia's most important historic sites associated with the history of the kingdom of Majapahit.
Most of the museum's collection hails from the kingdom of Majapahit, but the collection also covers the different eras in the history of East Java, as the kingdom KAHURIPAN, Kediri, and Singhasari. The museum is located on the western edge of the pond Segaran. Trowulan Museum is a museum which has a collection of relics from the most comprehensive Majapahit in Indonesia.

History
History Museum Trowulan closely related to the history of archaeological sites Trowulan. Ruins of ancient cities in Trowulan discovered in the 19th century. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, governor general of Java, between the years 1811 until the year 1816 reported the presence of temple ruins that are spread on an area of several miles. At that time this area overgrown with dense teak forests so as not possible to conduct surveys and more detailed.
Urgent need to prevent looting and theft of artifacts from the site is the main reason Trowulan built such a simple repository that eventually evolved into the Museum Trowulan. The museum was founded by Henri Maclaine Pont, a Dutch architect as well as an archaeologist, and thanks to the role of regent of Mojokerto, Kanjeng Duke Ario Kromodjojo Adinegoro.
New Museum officially opened in 1987. Building this museum covers an area of 57 625 square meters, this building holds a collection of old Trowulan Museum and various stone statues that previously stored in the Museum of Mojokerto.
Construction of the new museum has been proposed in this area and this location has been proposed to become a UNESCO World Heritage area.