The building stands on a 10,039 square meters land. This land was previously owned by the firm Carl Schlieper, who built a large office building and a warehouse. In 1913, the land was purchased by the Factorij.[2] At midnight of December 17, 1920, the Schlieper building caught fire.[3] The damaged building was destroyed later to make way for a new building which will become the Netherlands Trading Society (Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij or NHM), also known as "Factorij".[4]
The very profitable NHM was finally nationalized in November 1960, after shareholders and management tried to keep it under Dutch control in the 1950s.[7] In December 1960, it became the property of the Department of Export-Import of the Bank Koperasi Tani & Nelayan (BKTN). This became the Bank Export Import Indonesia (or Bank Exim) on December 31, 1968 until the legal merge of Bank Exim, Bank Dagang Negara, Bank Bumi Daya, and Bank Pembangunan Indonesia to become Bank Mandiri in 1999.[1]
The museum
The museum was established by Bank Mandiri on October 2, 1998.[1] Its collection consists of various items related to banking activity and its development in "Tempo Doeloe" (in Indonesia meaning: "Good old days"). Its collection range from colonial bank owned operating supplies, securities, old currencies, old Dutch safe deposit box, and many others. In addition the building's interior, old ornaments, and furniture is kept as it was during the colonial era.
Transfer desk with old machines background.
The collection
The museum hosts a collection of items related to colonial banking activities, such as security documents, numismatics (coin collections), cash counters, and safes from the colonial era. The collection is displayed in exhibits which imitate the old days atmosphere of the bank.[1]
^ abcde"Museum Bank Mandiri". Dinas Komunikasi, Informatika dan Kehumasan Pemprov DKI Jakarta. 2010. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
^"Het nieuwe Factorij-gebouw" [The new Factory building]. Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië (in Dutch) (Dag ed.). Batavia: NV Mij tot Expl. van Dagbladen. 3 October 1929. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^"Het nieuwe gebouw van de Factorij" [The new building of the Factory]. De Sumatra Post (in Dutch) (Dag ed.). Medan: J. Hallermann. 10 October 1929. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^"Brand bij Schlieper" [Fire by Schlieper Building]. Bataviaasch nieuwsblad (in Dutch) (Dag ed.). Batavia: Kolff & Co. 17 December 1920. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
