One of the major tourist sites of interest visited city in Surabaya is the House of Sampoerna. Here you will find the first cigarette manufacturer Sampoerna family owned. You can see the history of the Sampoerna family through the traditional way of making cigarettes. Although you are not a smoker, but interesting to visit this museum to learn the history of cigarettes in Indonesia. Here, you can also learn about how sejarang business tenacity and discipline that made the founder of Sampoerna produces one of the most successful businesses in Indonesia.
But he must be separated with her sister, because them very poor, so her father must willingly adopted daughter of a family in Singapore. Shortly after arriving in Indonesia, his father died. It make him must be independent at the age of 5 years in a foreign country.
Liem later adopted by a family in Bojonegoro, a small town near Surabaya, and began studying concocting tobacco which he sold at the train station. At the age of 17 years, he began to work independently with selling cigarettes in the cars in the train.
Cigarettes shop SampoernaPada year 1912, not long after marrying Siem Tjang Nio, he rented a small shop in Surabaya Tjantian. They sell a variety of basic materials and tobacco products. In addition, he also sold tobacco by using a bicycle along the streets of Surabaya. From very modest beginnings, the company began the giant Sampoerna.
In 1913, he founded the Handel Liem Seeng Tee Maastchpaij that became PT HM Sampoerna. Sampoerna continue to grow into large companies have even had some problems. You can see the historical development of Sampoerna of small shops owned by Liem Seeng Tee and wife to be a big company by visiting the House of Sampoerna.
Great Building House of Sampoerna
In the large main building, there is initially a fairly large auditorium. Therefore, the idea of Liem's wife, the hall was made into a movie theater with a name Sampoerna Theater. This theater is equipped with a rotating stage and the floor made for special effects, thus making it one of the greatest theater building of its time. Ir Soekarno often uses this hall to rekindle the spirit of struggle in the colonial period. Even Charlie Chaplin had visited the theater.
Currently, the main building a museum House of Sampoerna cigarettes. Upon entering this building, the smell of cloves can be smelled. In the first room in this big building, you can see the replica of cigarette shop was first used by Liem Seeng Tee to sell staples and tobacco. You also can see the old bikes that have the founder of Sampoerna used to sell cigarettes. In addition, there are various personal items such as kebaya, sarong, and old furniture Sampoerna's founder.
In the middle of the main building, there are various photos of the director and commissioner of Sampoerna. In addition there are various collections of cigarettes and lighters on display here. Then at the very back room is still in the main building, there are various tools from the Sampoerna cigarette production in the early days. For example cigarette production equipment and the old printing machines. You can also see a variety of research equipment for the manufacture of cigarettes from R & D department at that time.
In the back of the main building, there are large enough factory to produce cigarettes. Until now, this building is still used to produce cigarettes Sampoerna populist enough of Dji Sam Soe and processed traditionally. You can see the process of making cigarettes in one room of this mill from the stage at the 2nd floor of the main house. Factory was opened on Monday through Saturday from 6 am to 3 pm. There are 234 workers who make tobacco products in this room with a traditional music background. Each worker can produce 325 cigarettes per hour!
In the large main building, there is initially a fairly large auditorium. Therefore, the idea of Liem's wife, the hall was made into a movie theater with a name Sampoerna Theater. This theater is equipped with a rotating stage and the floor made for special effects, thus making it one of the greatest theater building of its time. Ir Soekarno often uses this hall to rekindle the spirit of struggle in the colonial period. Even Charlie Chaplin had visited the theater.
Currently, the main building a museum House of Sampoerna cigarettes. Upon entering this building, the smell of cloves can be smelled. In the first room in this big building, you can see the replica of cigarette shop was first used by Liem Seeng Tee to sell staples and tobacco. You also can see the old bikes that have the founder of Sampoerna used to sell cigarettes. In addition, there are various personal items such as kebaya, sarong, and old furniture Sampoerna's founder.
In the middle of the main building, there are various photos of the director and commissioner of Sampoerna. In addition there are various collections of cigarettes and lighters on display here. Then at the very back room is still in the main building, there are various tools from the Sampoerna cigarette production in the early days. For example cigarette production equipment and the old printing machines. You can also see a variety of research equipment for the manufacture of cigarettes from R & D department at that time.
In the back of the main building, there are large enough factory to produce cigarettes. Until now, this building is still used to produce cigarettes Sampoerna populist enough of Dji Sam Soe and processed traditionally. You can see the process of making cigarettes in one room of this mill from the stage at the 2nd floor of the main house. Factory was opened on Monday through Saturday from 6 am to 3 pm. There are 234 workers who make tobacco products in this room with a traditional music background. Each worker can produce 325 cigarettes per hour!
Cigarettes Museum Tour
Although cigarettes are dangerous to health (see article: dangers of smoking), but there is nothing wrong that you visit the museum located in the old city of Surabaya. You can learn many things from the way business Liem Seeng Tee, the founder of Sampoerna, the resilient. In addition, you can learn the history of one of the largest cigarette factory in Indonesia that is Sampoerna. House of Sampoera could be one destination when you visit the city of Surabaya city.
Although cigarettes are dangerous to health (see article: dangers of smoking), but there is nothing wrong that you visit the museum located in the old city of Surabaya. You can learn many things from the way business Liem Seeng Tee, the founder of Sampoerna, the resilient. In addition, you can learn the history of one of the largest cigarette factory in Indonesia that is Sampoerna. House of Sampoera could be one destination when you visit the city of Surabaya city.
