Maros Regional Museum occupies the building of the Controller Office area which was founded in 1835 by the Dutch for colonial interests in Maros. After independence, this building changed its function, starting to be used as the Office of the Head of the State Government of Maros, then used as a Maternity Hospital, then the Office of Bappeda Maros until it was used as the Office of the Head of the Turikale Sub-district.
The Maros Regional Museum building measures 266 M² and occupies an area of 1,370 M² located on Jalan Jenderal Ahmad Yani No. 1, Turikale Village, Turikalr District, Maros Regency. The condition of the building is 90% original from the colonial era with a rectangular shape that extends backwards. The Maros Regional Museum is made of bricks plastered with lime and sand. The floor is covered with Tegal and the upper part is covered with zinc.
The Maros Regency Government has designated this building as a Cultural Heritage so that the Maros Regional Museum Building is also one of the collections owned by the Maros Regional Museum.
The Structure of Building Landraad
The Maros Regency Museum Collection consists of structures, such as tiles, bricks, and plaster of the Landraad building. Based on the archives at the Maros District Court Office, the Landraad office building was built in 1918 which functions as a Court Office. This office is adjacent to Jalan Jenderal Ahmad Yani in the south, west bordering the Maros District Prosecutor’s Office, in the east adjacent to Jalan H.M Kasim, and in the north bordering the Chief Judge’s Office.
The bricks from the Landraad building structure which was built in 1928 which functioned as the Court’s Office are attached to the building pillar structure weighing 300 grams, 24 cm long, 5.5 cm thick and 11 cm wide. In addition there is also a brick attached to the wall structure of the building weighing 250 grams, 12 cm long, 5.5 cm thick and 11 cm wide. The next archaeological collection is the tile which is used as the roof of the building with a weight of 300 grams, 34 cm long, 1.7 cm thick and 27 cm wide. The last collection is plastering attached to the walls of the building weighing 1000 grams, 2.5 cm thick, consisting of sand, lime and cement.