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Wood Museum Tuah Himba

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Wood Museum Tenggarong

Himba Tuah Wood Museum is located not far from the Region Reservoir Flag Sukarame , Kutai ,East Kalimantan, which is about 600 meters from the dam. Constructed by building a wooden platform measuring 20 x 20 M ². The background for the opening of this attraction is due to acrocodile that has been preserved in the Museum of Wood is.
In the Timber Museum , there are various types of wood that is on the island of Borneo .
Collection of the Museum of this wood, among which are:

Kutai craft made of rattan, a cabinet chairs, lamps, beds, etc.
Dayak handicrafts, such as Anjat, saber, Dayak carvings made of ironwood
Dayak typical miniature houses
Timber species in the aquatic mammal huatan
Collection of 200 pieces of wood species
Collection of wood species dried leaves 200 pieces
Collection of grains
Collection of pieces of logs or sticks of trees that grow in forests of Borneo
Crocodile Estuary is preserved (male and female)
Crab-eating coconut juice collection
And others.

The travelers or tourists visiting the 'City of Kings' Tenggarong have many options to spend the holidays with family. One way is to visit the Museum of Wood "Tuah Himba" located in the Reservoir Flag Sukarame or about 3 km from the city center Tenggarong.

With a visit to the Museum of Wooden Tuah Himba, travelers can add insight or knowledge by looking at a wide range of collections related to forestry. Presented such a wide collection of which is a collection of dried leaves (herbarium), a collection of seeds, a collection of pieces of logs or trees that grow on the island of Borneo, wood processing equipment, traditional kitchen appliances to furniture which is made forest of Borneo.

Herbarium collections or leaves that have been neatly arranged in shelves dkeringkan
Photo : Agri

In addition to showing the results of the forest, the main attraction is presented Tuah Himba Wood Museum is drawing attention is the collection of travelers generally two tails 'Monster' crocodile that has been preserved.Both estuarine crocodile tail (Crocodelus porosus) is never stir the East Kalimantan in 1996 for two human prey in two separate places that Sangatta (East Kutai District) and Muara Rhinos (Kukar) in just one month time lag.

The second crocodile was killed to remove the pieces after the victim's body was left in his stomach, and then preserved for display at the Museum of Wood Tuah Himba. Anyone who saw the crocodile was placed in a glass display case would shudder to imagine that body vera 2-3 times the human body is truly alive.

Some visitors to observe the 'monsters' that have been preserved crocodile
Photo : Agri

One of the estuarine crocodile that once ate a human victim
Photo : Agri

The first crocodile was arrested on March 8, 1996 in the river Kenyamukan, Sangatta District (then still go before the Kutai regency subdivision) after prey on a woman named Mrs. Hairani (35). Alligator about 70 years old male with male sex has a length of about 6.6 meters, weighs 350 kg and the abdominal circumference of 1.8 meters.

While the second crocodile that preys on female sex man named Baddu (40) in Tanjung Limes, Rhino Muara District (District Kukar) were arrested on April 10, 1996. Crocodile has a length of 5.5 meters, weighs 200 kg deng abdominal circumference of about 1 meter.

For complete information about the crocodiles that have been preserved, the manager of Museum also displays a newspaper clipping which contains a terrible story about the crocodile that preys on humans, including news of the capture of this crocodile by crocodile keepers who are very experienced in Kutai.

With the admission of only Rp 500 per person for both adults and children alike, the traveler can enter the Himba Tuah Wood Museum to see the collection of forest products and two crocodiles that had preserved them. Wood Museum is open almost every day, except Monday. ( win )

A visit to the Himba Tuah Wood Museum

Day	Visiting hours
Monday	Closed
Tuesday s / d Thursday	09:00 to 12:00 PST (Open) 12:00 to 14:00 PST (Rest) 14:00 to 15:00 PST (Open)
Friday	09:00 to 11:00 PST (Open)
Saturday	09:00 to 12:00 PST (Open) 12:00 to 14:00 PST (Rest) 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. PST (Open)
Sunday	09:00 to 12:00 PST (Open) 12:00 to 14:00 PST (Rest) 14:00 to 17:00 PST (Open)