Collections of Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang)

The collections of Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) are very various, in both small and big size. Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) collects Indonesian leather wayangs, like Kedu, Tejokusuman, Ngabean, Surakarta, Banyumas, Cirebon, Gedog, Sadat, Madia Krucil, Sasak, Kaper, Wahyu, Kijang Kencana, Ukur, Suluh, Klitik, and Beber.

Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) has collections of scarce wayang as well like Intan wayang, Suket, Beber and Revolusi. Besides, Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) also has some collections of wooden wayang like Catur, Cepak Cirebon, Kebumen, Pekalongan, Bandung, Gundala-Gundala from Tanah Karo, and Si Gale-Gale from Tanah Batak.

There are collections of mask which were sourced from Cirebon, Bali, and Center Java. Some other stuffs are also displayed in Wayang Museum, like gamelan, Blencong lamp, glass wayang, zinc wayang, and paintings. There’re some collections that sourced from abroad, some of them are from Kelantan, Malaysia, Suriname, France, Cambodia, and Thailand.

World Heritage of Masterpiece Creation
On 7th November, 2003, the United Nation recognized Indonesian wayang as the world heritage of masterpiece creation. Hence, if you visit Jakarta you should put Shadow Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) in one of interesting places list that you must visit. Read more...