Gedung Arca (New Wing)
Unlike the exhibition layout of the older building, the museum's permanent exhibit in the new building is based on the frameworks of cultural elements, which Prof. Koentjaraningrat classified into seven substances of culture:
- Religious system and religious ceremony
- Societal systems and organization
- Knowledge systems
- Language
- Arts
- Livelihood systems
- Technology and tool systems
Today National Museum has completed the new north wing which consist of a basement and seven levels (floors), four of which host permanent exhibitions, while other levels is functioned as the Museum's office. The layout of the four levels is as follows:
- Level 1: Man and Environment
- Level 2: Knowledge, Technology and Economy
- Level 3: Social Organization and Settlement Patterns
- Level 4: Treasures and Ceramics
These old building and the new wing is connected via the old ethnography room through a glass walled bridge gallery. The bridge gallery is located over the outdoor amphitheatre. The temporary exhibitions with certain themes often took place in this connecting gallery. The Gedung Arca also houses two temporary exhibition halls, one in the ground floor and another is in the basement floor. The basement floor also host the ASEAN room that feature photos exhibition and modest artifacts from 10 ASEAN countries. Cafetaria and souvenir stall is located in the ground floor.
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