MUSIUM IN YOGYAKARTA

Jogja has plenty museums to visit. Mostly are dedicated to some independence hero or military escapade and, rarely, famous artists. If you care to observe what life should be in the old Jogja, some of them are worth visiting.

Sono Budoyo Museum.
Inaugurated in 1935 by the Dutch’s Java Institute, it has a first rate of Javanese arts, including puppets, kris (traditional dagger) and batiks and the outside courtyard is packed with Hindu Statuary. It’s opened from 8 am to 2.30 pm daily except Monday.
Royal Horse Cart Museum. Situated between the Kraton’s entrance and Sono Budoyo Museum, it holds 18 opulent chariots of the sultans. It’s open from 8 am to 2.30 pm daily and admission fee is 3000 rupiahs

Museum Hamengku Buwono IX (HB IX)
is a 4 rooms museum inside the Kraton complex to commemorate the late father of the present Sultan HBX. It displays private possession of the Sultan and a set of replicas of royal paraphernalia.

Fort Vredeburg
is an old Dutch fort which houses a museum with dioramas showing the history of the independent movement. Nowadays is a popular place to organize art and crafts exhibitions.

Ullen Sentalu Batik
Museum houses a collection of the entire range of royal dresses of the Palace from past to present. Located at kaliurang, some 28 kilometers north of Jogja.

Museum Sasana Wiratama.
Also known as Monument Diponegoro, built to commemorate the bitter revolt of Prince Diponegoro (1825-1830) against the Dutch at Jogja. A motley collection of the prince’s belongings and other exhibits are kept at a small museum built at the site of his former residence.

Affandi Museum,
located at Jalan Solo, was the home and studio of the late Affandi, a painter of internasional fame. Two main buildings, to keep some of affandi’s works and his daughter Kartika’s paintings, have unique roof design modeled out of banana leaves and beatifully stands on the bank of the Gajah Wong river.