PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - The Sri Baduga Museum was founded in 1974 based on an idea put forward by the Governor of West Java, Aang Kunaefi. With various dynamics, on June 5 1980, this museum was finally inaugurated under the name West Java Provincial State Museum by the Minister of Education and Culture Dr Daoed Joesoef.

Reporting from various sources, in 1990, the name changed again to the Sri Baduga Museum.

The name of this museum was taken from the name of a Hindu Great King of the Sunda Kingdom, namely Prabu Siliwangi III, who had the title Sri Baduga Maharaja Ratu Haji based on the contents of the writing on the Batutulis Inscription. Sri Baduga, ruled Pakwan Pajajaran during 1482-1521 AD.

The museum, which is located on Jalan BKR Number 185, Animal Protection Village, Astanaanyar District, was previously the office of the Tegallega District for managing administrative affairs in Bandung City.

With a land area of 8,030 square meters, it has a traditional West Java style building, namely a stilt house with a long roof, combined with a modern architectural style.

In 2002, the Sri Baduga Museum was managed by the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) of the West Java Provincial Tourism Office. Its main duties and functions are to carry out collection, maintenance, research, presentation of natural history remains, West Javanese culture as well as cultural educational guidance.

Sri Baduga Museum has a collection that includes various types of artifacts, paintings and historical objects that reflect the rich culture and history of Sundanese.

Among the unique collections are traditional Sundanese clothing, traditional musical instruments, ancient weapons, handicrafts, wood carvings and precious paintings.

The museum collection that has been collected until 2017 amounts to 6,979 pieces. The collection is grouped into 10 (ten) classifications, namely geology/geography, biology, ethnography, archeology, history, numismatics/heraldry, philology, fine arts, ceramics and technology.

The naming of the Sri Baduga museum was then determined through the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture Number 02223/0/1990 dated 4 April 1990.