The Youth Pledge Museum () is a historic museum of the independence struggle of the Republic of Indonesia. It is located in Jalan Kramat Raya No.106, Central Jakarta and managed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This museum is open for public, every Tuesday until Friday from 08.00 until 15.00, every Saturday and Sunday from 08.00 to 14.00 Western Indonesian Time, and every Monday and national holiday, this museum is closed for public.
This museum has a collection of photos and objects related to the history of 1928 Youth Pledge, as well as the activities in the movement of the national youth of Indonesia. The Youth Pledge Museum was established based on the governor decree of the Special Administrative Region of Jakarta in 1972 and has become a national heritage object.
History
The building on Jalan Kramat Raya 106, the place where the Youth Pledge(Sumpah Pemuda) was read, is a boarding house for students who initially was "the use of rights of the building are held by Sie Kong Lian.
In this building owned by the DKI government, there have been several movement figures, such as
Muhammad Yamin
Aboe Hanifah
Amir Sjarifuddin
Soegondo Djojopoespito
Setiawan
Soejadi
Mangaradja Pintor
A.K. Gani
Mohammad Tamzil dan Assaat dt Moeda.
Since 1925 the Kramat building 106 became a boarding house which combined into Jong Java. Mostly Sekolah Pendidikan Dokter Hindia aka Stoviadan from the school of law RHS. Jong Java activist rent a 460-meter square building it's because of the previous contract at Kwitang too narrow to hold an scouting activities, political discussion and Javanese art rehearsal. Members of Jong Java and other students call this building Langen Siswo.
Since 1926, the resident of the building are increasingly diverse. Most of them are youth activist from various areas. The activities of the resident of the building are also increasingly diverse. Besides the arts, students in this building are also active in scouting and sports. This building also became the headquarters of Perhimpunan Pelajar-pelajar Indonesia (PPPI), which was established in September 1926, after the first youth congress.The rented occupants, under the umbrella of PPPI, often invited public figures such as Bung Karno to discussed. The students rented that building with a tariff of 12.5 gulden per person every month, or equivalent to 40 liters of rice at that time. They have workers that took care of the house known as Bang Salim.
The Dutch East Indies government always watching over tightly the activities of the youth meeting. The government admittedly citizens above 18 years old held a meeting and gathering. But time will tell to apply vergader-verbod or restriction to hold a meeting, because it is against the government. Every meeting must have approval from the police. After that, the meeting will be on full surveillance by the Politieke Inlichtingen Dienst (PID), sort of political intelligence agency. This house of 106 is also always in the intelligence service, including the third meeting of the second Youth Congress.
In this building also appeared the Indonesia Raya magazine, managed by PPPI. Because of the frequent use of national youth activities, the residents named this building the Indonesische Clubhuis, the official place for the national youth meetings. Since 1927, they installed the building's nameplate in front. Even Though Governor General H.J. de Graff is running iron hand politics.
The Youth activities were transferred to Jalan Kramat 156 after the occupants of Kramat 106 did not continue their rent in 1934. That building was then rented to Pang Tjem Jam as a residence in 1937–1951. After that, the building was rented again by Loh Jing Tjoe, who used it as a flower shop and hotel. The Kramat 106 building was rented by the Customs and Excise Inspectorate for offices in 1951 - 1970.
In 1968, Sunario took the initiative to gather the history of the Sumpah Pemuda, and asked the Governor of DKI to manage and return the building in Kramat Raya 106 to which Sie Kong Lian had "the right to build" but had expired to its original form. This place was agreed to become the Youth Oath Building, but the proposal to change the name of the Kramat Raya street to the Youth Oath Road has not been reached.