Established 1975 (1975) Phone +62 21 6929560 | Type Puppet museum Province Jakarta | |
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Location Pintu Besar Utara Street 27, Jakarta Barat, Jakarta, Indonesia Address Jl. Pintu Besar Utara No.27, RT.7/RW.7, Tamansari, Pinangsia, RT.7/RW.7, Pinangsia, Tamansari, Kota Jakarta Barat, DKI Jakarta 11110, Indonesia Hours Closed now Sunday8AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturday8AM–5PMSuggest an edit Public transit access TransJakarta, Kota Tua Jakarta, KAI Commuter Jabodetabek, Jakarta Kota railway station Similar Jakarta History Museum, Museum of Fine Arts and Cera, Museum Bank Indonesia, Bank Mandiri Museum, Maritime Museum | ||
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The Wayang Museum (Indonesian: Museum Wayang) is a museum dedicated to Javan wayang puppetry. The museum is located in Kota Tua, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of several museums and galleries facing the Fatahillah Square, which include Jakarta History Museum, Fine Art and Ceramic Museum, and Kota Post Office art gallery.
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History
The museum building occupies the site of a church which was built in 1640, under the name of the Old Dutch Church (Dutch: De Oude Hollandsche Kerk). In 1732, the church was renovated and the name was changed into the New Dutch Church (Dutch: De Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk). In 1808, an earthquake destroyed the church. Later in 1912, a building was constructed in the Neo-Renaissance style on the site, which initially functioned as a warehouse belonging to Geo Wehry & Co. In 1938, the building was renovated, following Dutch colonial architecture. The garden of the Wayang Museum, located on the former yard of the Dutch church, was the funeral site of General Governor Jan Pieterszoon Coen.
Later, the building was bought by the Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences (Dutch: Bataviasche Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen), an institution dealing with Indonesian culture and science. The institution then transferred this building to the Old Batavia Foundation (Dutch: Stichting Oud Batavia) and on December 22, 1939, it was made a museum under the name of Old Batavia Museum (Dutch: Oude Bataviasche Museum). In 1957, after the independence of Indonesia, the building was transferred to the Institute of Indonesian Culture (Indonesian: Lembaga Kebudayaan Indonesia) and on September 17, 1962, to the Ministry of Education and Culture. On June 23, 1968, the DKI Jakarta Administration made the building into the Wayang Museum; the inauguration took place on August 13, 1975. The museum is also a venue for training and research on shadow puppets.
Collections
The museum has a collection of various kinds of wayang, such as the Javanese wayang kulit and Sundanese wayang golek. There are also wayang collections 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. A wayang theater and a workshop of wayang-making are periodically organised in the museum.