Visit Museum in Jakarta : Museum Ditengah Kebun

Museum Di Tengah Kebun is a private museum belonging to Syahrial Djalil, in the South Kemang area. The address of the museum is at Jl. Kemang Timur Raya Nomor No.66, RT.7/RW.3, Bangka, Mampang Prapatan, Kota Jakarta Selatan, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 12730,Telepon:(021) 7196907.

In 2013 the museum received an award as the best private museum of Museum Award.The museum building of houses. In 2009, registered to be authenticated at notaries as a museum, the main building has an area of ​​700 m2 and consists of 17 rooms, while the garden area of ​​3500 m2. 

The rooms are there in this museum has a unique name, such as Majapahit Lounge; Ganesha space; Dewi Sri space; Loroblonyo space; Japanese Mari space; Space Lion Garuda; Wilhelm space; Space Ming Dynasty; and Space Prehistory.

Most of the objects collection Syahril Djalil obtained through the auction of various cities in Australia, USA, Hong Kong and Europe. The collections have come from more than 63 countries and 26 provinces in Indonesia.

Total collections owned by the museum numbered about 4,000. Approximately 2,414 high-value collection on display spread over the house and garden. Among the collection are objects stick Javanese kings and Europe; Giant bee fossil found in Sangiran, Central Java; fossilized sea shells from the Jurassic period; old tree fossils 248 million years BC; statue of Bodhisattva Wajrapani of Central Java; Amphora Terakonta vessel dating back to 4800 BC; as well as the statue of a horse from the Tang Dynasty, China 19th century

If you want to visit the museum and the park to see objects collection, visitors must first replace the footwear worn with sandals that are already provided by the museum. To be able to enter the museum, visitors are not charged any fees. If you want to go in and see the collections inside the museum, visitors must make reservations in advance to the manager of the museum.

You must have an entourage of at least seven people and a maximum of 10 people to be able to enter the museum. Visiting hours must be specified in advance and negotiated with the manager of the museum.

Visit Museums in Jakarta: Museum Padepokan Pencak Silat.

The Building of Museum Padepokan Pencak Silat.

The location of this museum is right in front of Jalan Raya Taman Mini, adjacent to the At Tien Mosque and is adjacent to the area of ​​Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII).

The building occupies an area of ​​5.2 hectares and has three floors which include space library that provides interesting books and museum on floors 2 and 3. Both support each other by sharing information in accordance with the theme of the museum, the martial arts and all the ins and outs associated with the life and cultural diversity of Indonesian society.

Library in Museum Padepon Pencak Silat.

This museum gives the introduction about the history of martial arts, starting from the days when humans are not familiar civilization. In the illustrations on display, visible fights primitive humans who naturally often occur in the archipelago.

Musical Insturments Associated with Martial Arts in Indonesia.

In Indonesia alone, martial arts is thought to spread around the 7th century BC. visitors can get information from the museum. Presented began the days of empire, the Dutch colonial period, until its development in the post-independence. Through drawings and the accompanying description, visitors can learn more about the flow or style of martial arts and its development.

"Mandau" used Dayak People in Borneo.

In the showrooms, there are objects which are commonly used in martial arts, weapons such as spears, a dagger, a knife, a machete, dagger, machete and rencong. The weapons represent regions in the archipelago.

Visit Museums in Jakarta: Kite Museum.

In Indonesia, Kite Museum is the only museum that collects kites, as well as being the third museum in the world after China and Malaysia. The museum was founded by Endang W. Puspoyo on March 21, 2003 as an effort to preserve the culture of traditional kites in Indonesia.

Joglo-shaped Kite Museum.

The building is like joglo so often called the cultural house. The layout of the museum is very strategic, in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta. In it there are many different types of kites collections scattered around the area of ​​the museum complex. The collection includes various types of kites of the archipelago and abroad.

A various shape of kite collection.

Among the collection are the kites of Dandang Bini and Laki Dandang which is a pair of traditional kites from South Kalimantan; the typical kite  from North Sulawesi made from dried banana leaves; the kite of Hornbills from East Kalimantan; palm leaf kites from Bali; or the kite of Goang from Sumbawa. There are also large-sized kite-shaped fish, wagon, birds, dragonflies, puppets, and the spider.

Fish-shaped Kite.

The museum also offers other unique activities, such as watching a video about the kite, to make a kite. There are also additional activities that could be selected by visitors, including kite painting, making ceramics, painting ceramics, painted umbrellas, mini puppet painting, painting T-shirts, painted fan, fan paint, painted lanterns, and learning batik.

 

Visit Museums in Jakarta: Museum Bahari.

Marine Museum.

Museum Bahari or Maritime Museum is a museum that houses special collections relating to maritime of Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke located across Sunda Kelapa Harbor. Maritime Museum store 126 collections of maritime history objects. Especially, ships and boats of traditional commerce. Among the dozens of miniatures on display are 19 original collection of boats and 107 pieces of miniatures, photographs and other marine biota.

Traditional Boat, Cadik Nusantara.

    Thematically, the exhibition layout and information collection is divided into a number of space division, namely:

1. Space for Indonesian Fishermen
    Collection on display: miniature boats and equipment of fishery.

2. Space for fish catchmenr technology
    Collection on display: fishing rods, traps, and nets.

3. Space for traditional technology of shipbuilding
    Collection on display: technology and shipbuilding centers.

4. Space for  Marine Life
    Collection on display: various types of fish, shellfish, marine plants, and dugong.

5. Space for the Port of Jakarta from 1800 to 2000 (World Trade Center)
   Collection on display: artifacts relating to historical port in Jakarta in the range, including cannons, ceramics, and the fort.

6. Space for  Navigation
    Collection on display: the compass, telescope, and a number of navigation aids.

7. Space for Steamship of Indonesia-Europe
     Collection on display: photographs document the first steamboat voyage from Europe to Asia.

Facilities available at this museum as the security post, a parking lot, two ticket booth (located in the main museums and museum Shah Bandar), and office manager. There are also toilet facilities, mosque, cafes nautical, theater / audiovisual room, a center for visitors to rest, and public phones can be used directly by the visitors. The visitors can also attend the programs offered by the museum each year, such as counseling museum, ambassador of nautical tourism, fish passer fair, and a variety of exhibits.

Visit Museums in Jakarta : Museum Nasional.

Museum Nasional.

The National Museum of Indonesia is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. This museum is popularly known as Elephant Buildingafter the elephant statue in its forecourt. Its broad collections cover all of Indonesia's territory and almost all of its history.

The collection of the Monumen Nasional consists of 115 objects from across the Indonesian archipelago. These items represent the development of culture from earliest times along with a sampling of the current material effects of the nation’s more than five hundred ethnic groups.

Ethnic Group Map.

The collection can be categorized into the following major group : Archaeology, Ethnography, Pre-Hystory, Ceramics, Gold and Treasures, and Historical collection.Archaeology consists of stone and metal statues, inscriptions, and ceremonial objects, many dating back from the Classical Hindu-Javanese period. The stone sculpture collection is impressive in size, beauty, and uniqueness. The inscription collection include the fifth-century Yupa inscription, an example of the oldest written characters used in Indonesia.

A Stone Sculpture Collection.

Ethnography is the largest and most diverse collection in the Museum and displays objects used by ethnic groups from many islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The collection includes household utensils, weapons, musical instruments, ceremonial objects, children’s toys, weaving, harvesting and fishing tools, and scale replicas of traditional houses.

Ceramics is the largest collection of ceramics in Southeast Asia, consisting of ceramics from China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, and Europe, all of which were found in Indonesia. The collection highlights trade and communications across the region.  

  

Pre-history includes fossil remains and artifacts from the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic eras. Displays describing the discovery of Java Man and Solo Man are complemented by stone tools, ornaments, and earthenware household items. Bronze artefacts, including drums, show the influences of the Dong Son bronze culture used in Indonesia.

Gold and Treasures comprises two collections exhibited together, the archeological collection (precious stones and metals from eight-15th century) and the ethnographic collection (precious items from kingdoms and sultanates). The centerpiece of the archeological collection is the wonoboyo Treasures, which features gold and silver jewellry, gold coins, and ceremonial objects from the 10th century.

Historical Collection reflects the colonial period and includes objects such as cannons, inscriptions, and the Dutch furniture carved from teakwood. A stone inscription (a padrao) tells of the arrival of the Porguese on Java in 1520.

Opening Hours of Museum Nasional.

Visit Museums in Jakarta : Museum Wayang in The Old City of Jakarta.

Wayang Museum in The Old City of Jakarta.

The Wayang Museum is a museum dedicated to Javanese puppetry. The museum is located in Kota Tua, Jakarta inthe same complex of Fatahilla Square , which include Jakarta History Museum, Fine Art and Ceramic Museum, and Kota Post Office art gallery.This museum lies at Jl. Pintu Besar Utara No. 27 Jakarta Barat.

Puppet Museum building was originally an old church VOC established in 1640 under the name 'de oude Hollandsche Kerk'. Until 1732 the building served as a place of worship civilian population and Dutch soldiers who lived in Batavia.In 1733 the church was restored and renamed the "de Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk" which stood until 1808. In the courtyard of the church, which is now a open park of the Puppet Museum, there are nine inscriptions which display the names of officials Dutch ever buried in the church yard.

As a result of the earthquake, the Dutch church building was damaged. Furthermore, in these locations rebuilt a building that functioned as a warehouse belonging to the company Geo Wehry & Co. The front of the museum was built in 1912 with Noe Reinaissance style, and in 1938 the entire building was renovated and adapted to the style of the Colonial Dutch house at the time.
On August 14 1936 building and land is set to be a monument. Subsequently purchased by Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences (BG) is an independent agency that aims to promote research in the field of art and science, especially in the fields of biology, physics, archaeology, literature, ethnology and history, and publishes the results. In 1937 the agency handed over the building to the Stichting oud Batavia and later converted into a museum with the name "de oude Bataviasche Museum" or the museum of the Old Batavia is the opening made by the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies last, Jonkheer Meester Aldius Warmoldu Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborg Stachouwer, on December 22 1939.

Museum Wayang displays a variety of wayang and dolls from Indonesia and abroad. The museum has a collection of various kinds of wayang, such as wayang kulit and wayang golek. In the ground floor, visitors will find wayang golek from West Java, as well as famous doll Si Unyil. while in the second floor, visitors are presented with a collection of  wayang kulit (Leather Puppet) from a number of areas in Indonesia including various collections of wayang and dolls from countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Suriname, China, Vietnam, France, India and Cambodia.

The museum also shows gamelan sets, wayang sculptures, as well as wayang paintings. Inside the museum is the plate marking the tombstone of. Jan Pieterszoon Coen,wayang theater and a workshop of wayang-making is periodically organised in the museum. Wayang performance is held weekly on Sunday in wayang theater.

The Schedule of Wayang Performance in Museum Wayang.

Visit Museums in Jakarta: Museum Senir Rupa dan Keramik In The Old City of Jakarta.

  

The Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics,Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik, is a museum dedicated especially to the display of traditional fine art and ceramics of Indonesia. The museum is at Jalan Pos Kota No.2 in east side of Fatahillah Square, near Jakarta History Museum and Wayang Museum.

The building of the Fine Art and Ceramic Museum was completed on January 12, 1870, and was used as the Court of Justice (Dutch: de Raad van Justitie). The building was known as Paleis van Justitie. During the Japanese occupation, the building was used by KNIL and later after the independence of Indonesia, was used as the Indonesian military dormitory and as the logistic warehouse. In 1967, the building was used as the West Jakarta Mayor Office. In 1974, the building was used as an office for the Jakarta Museum and History Department. The building was officially inaugurated as the Fine Art and Ceramic museum by president Soeharto on August 20, 1976.

With around 400 pieces in its collection, this museum displays wooden totems, batik cloth, sketches, sculpture in various media, and paintings, as well as a wide variety of ceramics. The paintings span from the 19th century to current times and include several works by well-known Indonesan artists, including Raden Saleh and Affandi. Classical Balinese sculpture, symbolic wood totems, and sculptures by modern artists from throughout the archipelago are also on display.

The collection featuters ceramics of local and foreign origin, ranging from antique to contemporary. A number of Majapahit-era( 14th century) items are also on view, along with items from Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and Europe. Chinese ceramics- particularly from the Ming and Qing dynasties- acoount for the largest number of items. The museum also houses a reference library, a souvenir shop, and an earthenware studio, which is open to the public.