House of Sampoerna

Hello,
So in an attempt to get myself back into blogging I decided to write a new feature! It's kinda like a summary of the month as long as i don't blogging, in which I will write about my favorite activities, books, movies, blogs, etc. Hopefully I can keep up with this (mood to write and out from comfort zone) --that I will post at the end of every month, I'm really excited to share my love for things that inspire me and make me happy with you! Enjoy ♥

 Since : 1893 M

A view days ago I went to House of Sampoerna Museum (HoS) with my friend. The wonderful Dutch colonial-style building is located in the old part of Surabaya*. It has exhibits on the use of cloves and the history of clove cigarettes in Indonesia. When I first entered the building, the smell of cloves and tobacco was in the air. Other exhibits include personal belongings of Liem Seeng Tee‚ the founder of Sampoerna. There were a bike, family photos from various eras, even a kebaya that was once owned by his wife.

The building was intented to be used as Sampoerna’s first major cigarette production factory, and it still is! Upstairs there's an unforgettable view through its wide glass panel where you can see the factory’s shop floor, where hundreds of ladies hand roll, trim and pack the Dji Sam Soe brand in frenzied and feverish place. Then you'll find book(s) which one tell us about Soerabaja tempoe doeloe.

As we exited this main museum building, we headed for the art gallery of HoS. The place was cozy, a batik art exhibition ongoing take place there. At the first floor we found Madura ethnic batik, then at the second floor are for other ethnic batik from another district.

The buildings at this site are fantastic, they have fascinating exhibits, and the best thing is that the entry is free!


*How to get there by public transportation :
-Start from terminal Purabaya --> naik bis kota jurusan JMP lalu jalan kaki (JMP-HoS +/- 200m)
-Start from terminal Bratang --> naik angkot O atau Q, berhenti di JMP, lalu jalan kaki 
-Start from Unair B --> naik angkot O atau Q, berhenti di JMP, lalu jalan kaki