Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), The Culture Park Archipelago

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) or "Culture Park Archipelago” is a culture-based recreational area located in Pondok Gede East Jakarta, Indonesia. It has an area of about 250 acres. TMII presented the beauty of Indonesian nature and all aspects of its arts and culture in miniature of Indonesia's customehouse.

This idea of building this smaller scale of Indonesia as whole was originally came from former Indonesian first lady, Siti Hartinah or best-known as Tien Suharto. The idea came out at a convention on 8 Cendana Street at March 13, 1970. Through this recreational site, she hoped more people will have more national pride than before. The project called "Indonesian Miniature Project" was started by Harapan Kita Foundation in 1972. The concept of building this recreational area was taken from the fact that Indonesia has unparalled richness from many different sources.

TMII presented the beauty of Indonesian nature and all aspects of its arts and culture in miniature of Indonesia's customehouse. You can see the rich of Indonesia's nature by seeing Bird-Garden, Orchid-Garden, Floral-Garden, Floral Golden Snail, Insects-Garden and others. TMII has the at least three miniature of Indonesia's customehouse from every province that presents not only the architecture of exterior building, but also the ornaments of each lore.

Entering one to another miniature impresses that Indonesia is very affluent of architectures. There are Rumah Bagonjong from Ranah Minang in West Sumatera, Lamin for Dayak-tribe in rural East Kalimantan, Tongkonan at Tana Toraja, North Sulawesi, Bolon House in Batak tradition, South Sumatera and Joglo-House in Java.

Apart from that, there is a lake with a miniature of the archipelago in the middle of it, cable cars, museums, a theater called the Theatre of My Homeland (Theater Tanah Airku) and other recreational facilities which make TMII one of the most popular tourist destinations in the city.