Location: Central Java
Top Things to do in Central Java
Top Restaurants in Central Java
Things to do in Central Java, Java: The Best Specialty Museums
Central Java (Javanese: ꦗꦮꦠꦼꦔꦃ; Indonesian: Jawa Tengah, abbreviated as Jateng) is a province of Indonesia. This province is located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang.
Restaurants in Central Java
1. Museum Batik Danar Hadi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 564 reviews
The House of Danar Hadi proudly unveils an Integrated Culture Heritage Complex that is destined to become a tourist attraction for the city of Surakarta. It has been founded to preserve and advance the art of batik in Indonesia as part of the national cultural legancy. This integrated tourism center will enhance the attractions to be found in the Central Javanese city, with visitors able to enjoy once again the heritage building nDalem Wuryoningratan, build in the late 19th century and painstakingly restored to its original grandeur by House of Danar Hadi.The Complex will be an arena to witness the development of batik in Indonesia, the process of creating this precious textile and its emergence as part of the contemporary lifestyle. This homage to the history and glory of batik will be found at the nDalem Wuryoningratan, Danar Hadi Batik Museum, Danar Hadi Traditional Batik Showroom and Souvenir and Lounge.
Reviewed By ronnygandey - Cikarang, Indonesia
I took a tour in the Museum while my family doing the shopping as during fasting month and Lebaran festive this shop offers discounted price for certain items. For a certain reason, Danar Hadi is not my favourite batik. The museum situated at the back of the shop. A knowledgeable, pleasant, humorous and talkative gentlemen guided a small group of visitors. And it was an eye opening to me. I learned almost everything about batik : its history, philosophy, values, terminologies, designs, painting, dyeing process, materials, best ways of batik maintenance/storage, and fantastic prices of vintage batiks etc. Most, if not all, vintage batiks were from the Danar hadi founder/owners collections. Some of them priced more than IDR 5 B (or more than USD 350 K !!!). From here than I understand and credit the government of Indonesia's effort to make Indonesian Batik as the Unesco Heritage. And I loved batik now even more than before. Highly recommended to every one. Really. And you will get zilions of information for a very cheap tour (IDR 35,000 per pax, then you can buy items to ad to you pile of batik collection......
2. Museum OHD
3. Kudus Jenang Museum
4. Keris Museum
5. De Tjolomadoe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 54 reviews
Old sugar factory complex transformed into new tourist attraction, historical landmark, and convention center.
Reviewed By AvidTraveler12 - Winchester, United Kingdom
De Tjolomadoe is the old Dutch name, it is known locally as Colomadu Tahun. It is a former sugar factory and processing plant, which has been converted at great cost into a museum. We had never heard of it, fortunately we have an Indonesian friend who is a Solo resident and this became the highlight of our stay in Solo. The museum is easily the best we have been to in Indonesia and we have been to many. It is informative, all displays have Bahasa/ English narrative. It is very spacious and the items on display are mainly huge pieces of machinery. The factory has an interesting history and is well documented and easy to read. Unlike other museums we have been to, this is a very contemporary exhibit, in immaculate condition, no building maintenance issues or shoddy workmanship and is temperature controlled. They also had a nice restaurant/cafe which was empty and we had some welcome drinks when we had finished our viewing.
6. Sangiran Museum and Early Man Site
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 161 reviews
Sangiran Museum is an important archaeological excavation site and a museum displaying prehistoric human fossils, animal fossils, and even plantation fossils. Sangiran Museum is a phenomenal site where we can trace back at the prehistoric situation in Java island. Sangiran Early Man Site and Museum is a place to learn and reveal the mystery of Javanese and the environment in the past time.
Reviewed By Go619088
A Unique museum about a very important part of Human evolution Informative, bi langual and very well done Absolutely recommend this
7. Museum Karmawibangga
8. Museum of Batik Pekalongan
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 96 reviews
Although Pekalongan is a small city, but it is also well known for its Batik, just as Yogyakarta and Solo (the other Batik cities in Central Java). It has an outstanding batik museum and it has Batik making workshop. You get to make your own batik handkerchief for as little as Rp.20,000.
Reviewed By camsean - Townsville, Australia
Pekalongan is known by the nickname of Kota Batik (Batik City) and apart from shopping for the stuff in one of the district's batik villages, this is one of the best places to get an appreciation of this intangible heritage. It also has the advantage of being located in a gorgeous Dutch-era building with a beautiful garden courtyard. There are three rooms in the museum. The first explains the batik-making process with examples of vats, batik pens, wax and so forth. The second room offers a survey of styles of batik from around the archipelago. The third room focuses on batik from Pekalongan itself, with some magnificent specimens of cloths dating back to the 1920s.
