Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang)

Wayang is a theatrical performance employing puppets or human dancer. The puppet could be made of leather which perform shadow puppets play, or of wooden. Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) is a museum which keeps collections of wayang from various territories in Indonesia and even from other countries.

The idea of building Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) started when H. Ali Sadikin, the governor of DKI Jakarta, attended the second Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) week in 1974. With the support of the committee of the Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) week, wayang lovers, and the governor of DKI Jakarta, then the building at Jalan Pintu Besar Utara # 27, West Jakarta decided to be Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) . The museum was officially open on 13th August, 1975 by the governor of DKI Jakarta, H. Ali Sadikin. Read more...