Balaputradeva Museum
| Museum Negeri Balaputera Dewa / Museum Provinsi Sumatera Selatan | |
An authentic limas house located in the Balaputra Dewa Museum
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| Established | 5 November 1984 |
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| Location | Jalan Srijaya I No 28, Palembang, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 2°57′03″S 104°43′50″E / 2.950833°S 104.730437°E |
| Type | Provincial museum |
| Collection size | 3,882 |
| Owner | Government of South Sumatra Province |
Balaputradeva Museum (Indonesian Museum Balaputera Dewa), officially the State Museum of South Sumatra Province "Balaputradeva", is an ethnographic museum located in Palembang, Indonesia. The museum is the state museum of the Province of South Sumatra. The name Balaputradeva is derived from Balaputra, a 9th century sovereign of Srivijaya kingdom and the former head of the Sailendra dynasty whose main center was located in the vicinity of Palembang. Balaputradeva Museum displays the history and traditions of the province of South Sumatra.
Balaputradeva Museum is one of the so-called State Museums of Indonesia, representing each province in Indonesia. Construction of the museum started in 1978 and the building was inaugurated on 5 November 1984. The decision to name it "Balaputradeva" is based on the 9th century Indian sovereign Balaputra who was recorded in an inscription discovered in Nalanda, India. The Nalanda inscription mentions his connection with the building of a Buddhist monastery under his sponsorship. The second mention of his name is found in a 9th-century Javanese inscription which relates his defeat in Java to Rakai Pikatan, a ruler of the Sanjaya dynasty, which prompted Balaputra to leave Java to settle in what is now Palembang, South Sumatra.
Balaputradeva Museum houses traditional crafts and artifacts discovered in the Province of South Sumatra, from the prehistoric era to the Dutch colonial period. The collection is showcased in three main exhibition rooms described below. Balaputradeva State Museum is one of the three local public collections of Sriwijayan artifacts, the other is the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Museum and the Sriwijaya Kingdom Archaeological Park.
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