Across Asia: Indonesia

Tsunami museum for Aceh

Indonesia will build a $7.4 million museum in Aceh province in memory of about 170,000 people who died there in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, its architect said yesterday.

The museum in the provincial capital Banda Aceh will feature a building that looks like a traditional house elevated on stilts, said Ridwan Kamil, the architect who won a contest to design the museum.