Location: Central Java
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Things to do in Central Java, Java: The Best Museums
Central Java (Javanese: ꦗꦮꦠꦼꦔꦃ; Indonesian: Jawa Tengah, abbreviated as Jateng) is a province of Indonesia. This province is located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang.
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1. Studio Mendut
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Studio Mendut is not only an art gallery which sells high quality arts and crafts, but this is a place where local artists and even international artists communicate and have discussion all about arts, cultures and social activities and impacts in Indonesia, especially Java island. Studio Mendut or Mendut Studio is an independent 'socio-culture media' to express and perform what we call the truth of arts and cultures by creating local arts, crafts. Wooden masks, sculptures, glass paintings, Puppets, beautiful fabrics, folk dances, and many other art creations decorates beautifully the art home. It is a real place to see and learn Java's culture, located 50 meters from an ancient's 8th century Buddhist temple and a Buddhist Monastery called 'Mendut Temple.
2. Padepokan APEL WATOE
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Padepokan APEL WATOE is located in Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, (about 500 meters south of Borobudur Temple). In this building, visitors can see Deddy PAW’s painting studio with his 'apple' works, also enjoy contemporary art exhibitions by Indonesian artists and some from abroad. In this place anyway, visitors can attend yoga classes and enjoy special cuisine Borobudur in Kafe Apel Songo.
3. Museum Batik Danar Hadi
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4.5 based on 564 reviews
The House of Danar Hadi proudly unveils an Integrated Culture Heritage Complex that is destined to become a tourist attraction for the city of Surakarta. It has been founded to preserve and advance the art of batik in Indonesia as part of the national cultural legancy. This integrated tourism center will enhance the attractions to be found in the Central Javanese city, with visitors able to enjoy once again the heritage building nDalem Wuryoningratan, build in the late 19th century and painstakingly restored to its original grandeur by House of Danar Hadi.The Complex will be an arena to witness the development of batik in Indonesia, the process of creating this precious textile and its emergence as part of the contemporary lifestyle. This homage to the history and glory of batik will be found at the nDalem Wuryoningratan, Danar Hadi Batik Museum, Danar Hadi Traditional Batik Showroom and Souvenir and Lounge.
Reviewed By ronnygandey - Cikarang, Indonesia
I took a tour in the Museum while my family doing the shopping as during fasting month and Lebaran festive this shop offers discounted price for certain items. For a certain reason, Danar Hadi is not my favourite batik. The museum situated at the back of the shop. A knowledgeable, pleasant, humorous and talkative gentlemen guided a small group of visitors. And it was an eye opening to me. I learned almost everything about batik : its history, philosophy, values, terminologies, designs, painting, dyeing process, materials, best ways of batik maintenance/storage, and fantastic prices of vintage batiks etc. Most, if not all, vintage batiks were from the Danar hadi founder/owners collections. Some of them priced more than IDR 5 B (or more than USD 350 K !!!). From here than I understand and credit the government of Indonesia's effort to make Indonesian Batik as the Unesco Heritage. And I loved batik now even more than before. Highly recommended to every one. Really. And you will get zilions of information for a very cheap tour (IDR 35,000 per pax, then you can buy items to ad to you pile of batik collection......
4. Museum OHD
5. Kudus Jenang Museum
6. Keris Museum
7. De Tjolomadoe
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4.5 based on 54 reviews
Old sugar factory complex transformed into new tourist attraction, historical landmark, and convention center.
Reviewed By AvidTraveler12 - Winchester, United Kingdom
De Tjolomadoe is the old Dutch name, it is known locally as Colomadu Tahun. It is a former sugar factory and processing plant, which has been converted at great cost into a museum. We had never heard of it, fortunately we have an Indonesian friend who is a Solo resident and this became the highlight of our stay in Solo. The museum is easily the best we have been to in Indonesia and we have been to many. It is informative, all displays have Bahasa/ English narrative. It is very spacious and the items on display are mainly huge pieces of machinery. The factory has an interesting history and is well documented and easy to read. Unlike other museums we have been to, this is a very contemporary exhibit, in immaculate condition, no building maintenance issues or shoddy workmanship and is temperature controlled. They also had a nice restaurant/cafe which was empty and we had some welcome drinks when we had finished our viewing.
8. Tumurun Private Museum
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By esbby - Jakarta, Indonesia
It is a private museum. The owner is also the owner of Sritex, one of garment manufacturer. Reservation required thru its website. FREE tickets. It was limited to 5 persons per booking. For group booking more than 5 persons, it required special request to the management. After booking, we received confirmation email, to confirm the date and the time we can visit the museum. Ours was on Friday at 2.00 PM Suggestion to arrive 15min before. Arrived, the staff checked in the guest lists and allowed us to enter the waiting area. There is no parking area, so we parked outside, near to the museum. Before we enter the exhibition room, the staff gave some briefing, do and donts rules The collection was great. At the time we visited, we were able to visit only the modern art section on the first floor, while 2nd floor was closed for relocation. The museum will be move to another bigger place and will add a lot new collection SOON. Time allocation : only 1 hour Rules : No food and drinks allowed No dress code No blitz while taking picture inside exhibition room Tips : Use jacket, since the exhibition room is so cold
9. Sangiran Museum and Early Man Site
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4.0 based on 161 reviews
Sangiran Museum is an important archaeological excavation site and a museum displaying prehistoric human fossils, animal fossils, and even plantation fossils. Sangiran Museum is a phenomenal site where we can trace back at the prehistoric situation in Java island. Sangiran Early Man Site and Museum is a place to learn and reveal the mystery of Javanese and the environment in the past time.
Reviewed By Go619088
A Unique museum about a very important part of Human evolution Informative, bi langual and very well done Absolutely recommend this
