Jakarta Textile Museum
12 November 2015 9.49 AM
Indonesian islands are
famous for their majestic hand-woven fabrics, colors and designs in a variety
of creative and complicated enough, the people are amazing in its simplicity.
Each of the thousands of Indonesian islands produce specific textiles, most often
based on the values of philosophy and religion that has been passed down from
generation to generation.
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| Jakarta Textile Museum |
To get a glimpse of various
textiles, a visit to the Jakarta Textile Museum is just a liability.
Housed in an elegant
colonial house, located Jakarta Textile Museum, near the wholesale market Tanah
Abang, Central Jakarta. But since it is set far enough inside protected by
shady trees, the museum itself is a haven of cool and calm, where one can wander
at leisure and admire many interesting displays.
Arranged with the aim of
preserving and promoting the valuable art and culture Indonesian tourist craft
in the textile industry, the Textile Museum is a well-loved ideas Jakarta
Governor Ali Sadikin, and was officially opened at the time Ibu Tien Soeharto's
mother on June 28, 1976.
Start collection, Indonesian
Textile Foundation under Ir Safioen, Director General in the Ministry of
Textile Industry of time, received a donation of some 500 quality and rare fabrics
from all over Indonesia. Currently, the museum has a collection of almost 2,000
pieces originating from the 18th century to contemporary creations
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| Jakarta Textile Museum |
The museum displays a wide
spectrum of different fabrics: batik of Yogya and Solo, songket from West
Sumatra, many interwoven with silver and gold thread, fabric hand woven belt of
Flores and Sumba, Bugis sarong silk of Makassar in Sulawesi, to children who
are less woven fabrics of leather and fur. In the museum are also able to see a
tool for the preparation of yarns, weaving looms from various regions, for
textile ornaments. The museum also has a 2,000 square meter garden for natural
dyes. There Batik galleries and workshops where visitors can learn how to
batik, weaving or prepare a dye. Here visitors can observe the development of
Indonesian textiles for centuries.
Big house where the museum
is housed was originally built in the 19th century by a Frenchman. Through
decades it changed hands several times, until the building was handed over to
the local government of Jakarta, which is then allocated to home Textile Museum
Jakarta.
In addition to admiring the
diverse types of textiles produced by hand skills in Indonesia, take a moment
to admire the building itself is now also included in the list of Heritage
building.
For those who want to try
things Workshop hand there are areas in the "Hall" or open gallery,
where batik museum holds regular courses for anyone interested in making batik.
Local participants will be charged Rp 40,000, while for foreigners course costs
Rp75,000. There are also other programs in different crafts such as embroidery
or doll-making, Rp 65,000 per person), or make an accessory that costs Rp35,000
per person.
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