WANT TO SEE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE TOOLS?

Museum Subak Bali is a museum of Balinese traditional agriculture tools and old documentation to remind all young generation about Subak Organization which has famous in the world. It is located in Tabanan regency precisely 20 Km west part of Denpasar town. This museum is opened for public and  one of tourist destinations in Tabanan. It is strategically located in Tabanan town and close with other tourist destinations in this regency.

Bali Subak Museum History

Tabanan Regency is one of regencies in Bali which has the largest rice fields, so it is often referred to as the rice barn of Bali. Sanggulan village chosen as the location for this museum because Subak Rijasa in this district in 1979 has reached the National Champion in the intensification program which raised the name of Bali at the national level. Tabanan Regency also have Subak organization more if compared to other districts. Subak Museum development was inspired by the intention of all lovers of Balinese culture. The museum is expected to preserve the Subak as local cultural assets in developing and improving rice production, especially rice paddy fields and traditional irrigation systems. This system is very well known abroad because it has a specific irrigation system. Subak is wet agricultural farmer organizations to get irrigation water from the source.

What to See in Bali Subak Museum ?

Subak museum consists of indoor and outdoor building. Indoor building consists of exhibition stand where we can see a demonstration related to the work of farmers, audio-visual watch on Subak activities in relation to the management of irrigation water, other places as libraries and offices. Agricultural equipment arranged on the tool for opening agricultural land, making irrigation systems, agricultural processing, conservation of plants, harvesting tools, make rice and kitchen appliances. Outdoor building are used for visualization of Subak in miniature form consisting of a pool as a relocation irrigation, a tunnel to drain the water from the pool to the relocation of water. 

Subak museum have functions:

• As a center of the erudite investigation and documentation
• As a place of science channeling
• Cultural acquaintanceship place
• Medium place to introspect the human being
• Place of mirroring the human being history
• Place to enjoy the art and culture object generally

Subak Museum is one of the most interesting museums in Bali where we can learn about the history and development of the organization's unique Balinese Subak irrigation. It is the only museum in Bali to focus on agriculture, provide all information about Bali farm life and all related aspects.
  Subak Museum presents a film that illustrates the handling of agricultural land. This process consists of a range of activities, from meeting members of  Subak to set rules for processing the soil to express gratitude to God for a good harvest. The museum also shows various ceremonies commonly performed at various stages of the cultivation cycle. There is also a miniature kitchen with equipment used to cook rice, the traditional home of compounds scale models are built based on ancient architectural science Asta Kosali Kosali.

Subak Museum not just gives complete information on Subak but also provides an image on how deeply rice farming intertwines inextricably with daily life of Balinese as well as with Balinese culture and religion.