Monday, June 13, 2011

Museum Wayang


Located in the Great North road Door No. 27, west of Jakarta's historymuseum. Occupying the former Dutch church Oude Hollandsche Kerk(1640 - 1732) and the church Niew Hollandsche Kerk (1736 - 1808)which is then destroyed by an earthquake.
Buildings are visible today was established in 1912 as a warehouseowned by Geo Wehry. After beberapakali move ownership and changeof function, finally on August 13, 1975 was inaugurated as the MuseumWayang.
Contained in the museum's collection of Wayang puppet enis andforms from various regions in Indonesia, such as shadow puppets,puppet show, puppet grass, wayang beber, mask - a mask and devicegamelan. Puppets and dolls from various countries such as China,Britain, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand participated in the museum's collection is complete
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