Museum Sonobudoyo : enjoy the beauty of ancient Javanese culture

Sonobudoyo Museum is a museum of history and culture of Java, including Java classic architecture building. The museum is a collection of Javanese culture and history that are considered the most complete after the National Museum of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta. In addition to the time of Neolithic pottery and bronze statues from the 8th century, this museum also stores several kinds of wayang kulit, a variety of ancient weapons (including the dagger), and Javanese masks.

The museum is located in the northern part Alun-Alon Lor from Yogyakarta palace at night was also present in the form of shadow puppet shows its original appearance (using the Java language accompanied by Javanese gamelan music). Leather puppet show is presented in brief from 8:00-10:00 hours on a weekday evening for foreign tourists and domestic tourists.

Building

Building a house museum with a model mosque joglo Kasepuhan palace of Cirebon, building area 7867 m2. This building comprises: an exhibition space, a small pendapa, pendapa large, left and right page Next page Up, warehouses, laboratories, space conservation, library, audotorium, and office buildings.

Collection
This museum has a collection of objects relic from prehistoric times until the Islamic period. Collection is in the form: ax stone, tomb stones, sculptures, teracota, puppets, masks, batik cloth, and so forth.

Total collections: 42,589 units. Seed collection form Puspasasira gold mask made from gold, the mask is a manifestation of the queen Gayatri.

Supporting facility.
This museum has the support facilities: meeting rooms, lodging for special guests, a library and exhibition space.

As a museum, Sonobudoyo still functioning continues to this day, although its administrators alternated. At the time of Japanese rule (1942), Museum Sonobudoyo managed by the Japanese government. Then, since Japan's defeat until the year 1949 this museum is managed by the Office of Wiyotoprojo. Year 1950-1973 Cultural Inspection is managed by the Department of Education and Culture of Yogyakarta. However, on December 11, 1974, through Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture No. 693/0/1979, Museum Sonobudoyo taken over by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the State Museum serve as the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY). And, now the State Museum Sonobudoyo is the Regional Technical Implementation Unit at Yogyakarta Provincial Cultural Office, which has the function of the management of museum objects that have scientific cultural values. Meanwhile, his task is to collect, treat, preservation, conduct research, library services, educational guidance and presentation of cultural artefacts.

Visiting the Museum Sonobudoyo is an alternative if you want to see the diverse collection of keris from across the country and things associated with it. Museum store around 1200's collection of keris (mostly Java donations Institute) will cure your disappointment, because the store Kraton kris-kris heritage until now do not allow visitors to enjoy its collections.

Sonobudoyo Museum can be reached easily from the Sultan's Palace, located across North Alun Alun Yogyakarta. To enter, you only need to pay a ticket for Rp 3000.00. Meanwhile, to see the diverse collection of keris, the procedure is quite difficult because it must request permission from the leadership of the museum. It was due to a large collection of kris are still stored in the living collection, have not shown to the public.

Schedule
• Tuesday - Thursday
Opening hours: 07:00 a.m. to 14:30 p.m.
• Friday
Opening hours: 07:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• Saturday - Sunday
Opening hours: 07:30 a.m. to 13:00 p.m.
Entrance fee: Rp. 3000

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Museum Batik Yogyakarta: fashion tempo doeloe

Yogyakarta Batik Museum is a museum that holds the most ancient collection of batik in Indonesia. Besides batik collection, this museum also contains many hundreds or even thousands of batik equipment such as stamp, canting, and the ink (malam) is stored neatly. Thus visitors can see at the same time learn about the development of tools to make batik from time to time.

Though ancient, that were collected at the Museum Batik Batik Yogyakarta still fun to look at. One of them is the motif batik "sarung isen-isen antique" from the Pekalongan made in 1880-1890. Batik motif has a pattern in the form of garlands of flowers, "tumpal blabakan", "title of alternating lung" leaves in blue and green, and wood color timber made from “mori cen” (Prisima) which created a woman named EV Zeuylen Dutch citizens.
Visitors can also see the beauty of batik type "Sarung panjang Soga Jawa” made in the year 1920-1930. Batik has a style of " boketan adu jago dasar polos" color "Java soga", black and white. While the fabric used is "mori cen" with the technique of batik process. Batik Sarong Pajang Soga Java type is made by Lie Djing Kiem.

Yogyakarta Batik Museum located on Jl. Dr. Sutomo No. 13-A Yogyakarta. The museum was founded on May 12, 1977 by Hadi Nugroho family. Batik museum building occupies an area of 400 m2, 600 m2 Land Area entirely. Currently batik museum managed by third generation family Hadi Nugroho, the Mother Dewi Nugroho. At first I thought this museum belongs to the government, but obviously, this museum is privately owned. From here I can see, so much attention Ibu Dewi family to the preservation of Indonesian batik.

Still a major focus of the community, including foreign tourists on batik who encourage this family pioneered the collection of batik cloth. Starting from his own relatives, parents, grandparents and Hadi Nugroho own generation, until the pioneering efforts of a batik museum accomplished.

Batik collection in this museum is very comprehensive, ranging from batik, which is derived from year 1730 up to modern batik as we often encounter in the shopping center the main attraction when we visited the museum. Not only are the Yogyakarta batik collection in this museum, batik Pekalongan, Solo, Banyumas, and Klaten are also in this museum.

The collection includes long cloth, gloves and so forth, which until now has reached the number of 400 pieces of cloth. There is also a collection of batik patterns and tools for batik from the traditional to the instrument printed batik. Collection of fabrics arranged neatly in the form of rolls of cloth lined into a glass cupboard, up-lembara fabric sheets in pairs on a board so we could see it in two dimensions.

Museum visitors
Batik Museum visitors can be classified into three criteria, namely public visitors, visitor education and visitor research. There are public visitors who come just to see batik collections stored at the Museum Batik. Visitor education is usually a good student of elementary or secondary school as well. "Many overseas visitors as well as from Korea, Japan and Germany who came to the Batik Museum to research the ancient batik.

According to the father Prayogo, foreign visitors have the critical level is very large compared to domestic tourists. They will always be asked in detail each motif being viewed.

Batik museum visit is usually crowded when school holidays or when students are completing the task of the season finally. We crowded conditions, the number of visitors could reach the 200-person, but if kodisi quiet only about 30 people.

In this museum is also provided a place to learn batik. There is a special gallery of batik used as a training ground. Also offered a package lightning course an hour, there are also a few weeks.


General Description :
Museum Location
Dr Jalan. Sutomo No. 13 A, Yogyakarta
Tel. (0274) 562338
Transportation
Distance from airport: 10 km
Distance from Sea Port: 127 km
Distance from Bus Station: 8 km
Distance from train station: 1 km

Collection
Existing collection in the form of Batik Museum Ethnographic Collection consists of: batik fabrics, batik cap, Canthing, etc..

Visit Schedule
Monday to Saturday: Pk. 09:00 to 15:00 pm

Entrance Ticket Prices
a. Adult: USD 15.000, -
b. Senior High: USD 10.000, -
c. Junior: USD 7500, -
d. SD: USD 5000, -
c. Entourage: Discount

Facilities
Land / Building Area: 600 m2 / 400 m2
- Permanent Exhibition Hall
- Library
- Space Laboratory
- Storage Space Collection
- Onsite Repair / Preparation
- Space Administration
- Audio Visual
- Give Shop
- Space batik process
- Toilet

Organization
Number of Employees 9 people
Curator : 1 person
Preparator / Exhibition Procedures : 1 person
Administration : 1 person
Cleaning Service : 3 people
Batik : 3 people

Museum Program
Special exhibitions, Itinerant Exhibition, Workshop, Research.