One of the internationally interesting tourist place in Sragen is sangiran Site which is built in the Sangiran Dome. The Dome itself is located in the Depression of Solo in the northwest slope of mount Lawu (about 17 kilometers from Solo). The area is about 56 square kilometers which streches in three districts in Sragen Regency, namely Gemolong, Kalijambe, and Plupuh and one district in Karanganyar Regency, namely Gondangrejo. Sangiran become the most important site for the development of knowledge, such as for anthropology, and tourism as well.
Up to now, there have been fifty kinds of Hominid Fossils discovered in Sangiran. It is 65% of the discoveries of hominid fossils in Indonesia of 50% of dicoveries in the world! The total numbers of fossils discovered in Sangiran are approximately 13,809 pieces which 2,934 of them are presented in the display room and the rest 10,975 pieces are kept in the storage room. Based on the fossils discoveries, Sangiran Site become the most important pre-historic human civilization site. It is the right place to study human evoolution. The site is also the most comprehensive one in the world. Therefore, Sangiran Site is categorized as Cultural World Heritage number 593 by UNESCO on December 5, 1996 in Merida, Mexico.
The research in Sangiran was firstly conducted by German paleonthologist named G.H.R Von Koenigswald in 1930's. He trained Sangiran people how to identify and manage the fossils professionally. The research results, then, was collected in Totomarsono's house (the head of Krikilan village) until 1975. At that time, there were many visitors who came to this place and an idea to built on the 1,000 square meters area located beside the village hall of Krikilan (Balai Desa Krikilan). A new representative museum was built in 1980 to keep the discovered fossils and to give a good service to the visitors. The museum was built on 16,675 square meters area with 750 square meters main building.
[source: Sangiran brochure]
The research in Sangiran was firstly conducted by German paleonthologist named G.H.R Von Koenigswald in 1930's. He trained Sangiran people how to identify and manage the fossils professionally. The research results, then, was collected in Totomarsono's house (the head of Krikilan village) until 1975. At that time, there were many visitors who came to this place and an idea to built on the 1,000 square meters area located beside the village hall of Krikilan (Balai Desa Krikilan). A new representative museum was built in 1980 to keep the discovered fossils and to give a good service to the visitors. The museum was built on 16,675 square meters area with 750 square meters main building.
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