The State Museum of North Sulawesi Province aims to document all matters relating to North Sulawesi Province, and to represent the culture, history and art of the people of North Sulawesi. The museum whose buildings are in the form of a Minahasa traditional house showcase a representation of the culture and history of North Sulawesi’s local people, pre and post-colonial history, mixed culture with Chinese and Dutch people who settled in North Sulawesi.
The collection of the Museum includes: collections of geology, biology, ethnography, archeology, history, numismatic / heraldic, philology, ceramics, fine arts, and technology.