Visiting the Indonesian Textile Museum, You Can Get to Know Batik

Hi everybody. How are you? Hope you are doing fine. Recently, I visited a museum in Jakarta. The name of the museum is textile museum, but it contains batik all over Indonesia. Batik is a traditional cloth from Indonesia. I often use batik for a certain agenda and it is very sacred. I like to use batik. Moreover, batik in Indonesia has been modified a lot so that it becomes very fashionable.

I want to tell you about the history of this museum. This museum was originally home to a French citizen. Built in the 19th century, later purchased by the Turkish consulate. Before Indonesia's independence, this building served as a security headquarters for Indonesian citizens. Then, in 1947, it became the home of a Chinese national.

How can it be owned by Indonesia? In 1952, the building became the property of the Jakarta government. Then, in 1976, it officially became a textile museum dedicated by Tien Suharto, the wife of President Suharto.

This museum was founded on concern for traditional Indonesian textiles. Because, as time continues to develop, a number of traditional Indonesian fabrics have been shifted. The Jakarta government is preparing a new plan for the construction of a textile museum. In 1998, the building was expanded by adding an old building and adding a pavilion to develop contemporary textiles. For the pavilion, it is used for young people who are learning to make batik.

Initially only had 500 batik collections. But the collection continues to grow, today until 1914 the results of the collection. a lot of it. I am very proud of the batik collection here. Apparently, most parts of Indonesia have different colors and batik motifs. I'm proud to be Indonesian. There is a very beautiful Indonesian heritage.

So, what's in this museum? This museum has a lot of space. It's so spacious, I'm tired of walking around. First, it has a batik gallery. The batik gallery showcases some of the ancient and modern batiks from Indonesia. The batik gallery is the tombstone of the national batik museum. Second, the natural dye garden. It has an area of ​​2,000 square meters. The garden consists of plants that can produce natural colors and can be used to dye batik cloth.

Third, the library. The room contained textbooks that could be added for studying textiles. However, I did not visit this room. Too bad. Yesterday I visited this place too late, so there are some places I didn't go. Fourth, laboratory. I would be surprised if the museum had a laboratory. The laboratory also helps repair damaged batik. I will bring the damaged batik.

Fifth, the room for the introduction of batik tools. The room next to the library presents a collection of looms from various regions and provides information on raw materials. The process of making traditional cloth in Indonesia is almost the same. This room is quite interesting, so you can try operating the loom.

Sixth, the gift shop. This room looks like a must visit. I bought a lot of batik too. There are lots of funny things. And a beautiful batik battery. Batik cloth can be made into a skirt or cloth.

that's my story about the places I visited. I hope you enjoy my story about this place. look forward to my other stories about unique places in Indonesia, see you soon. greetings from Indonesia.

Nurdiani Latifah _{My name is Nurdiani Latifah. I currently live in Jakarta – Indonesia, after 25 years I live in Bandung. I am a media staff at an NGO in Indonesia. I have worked in this institution for almost 2 years on issues of women and peace. I had been a journalist in Bandung for 3 years. If you like his content, don't forget to upvote and leave a comment to show some love. You can also reblog if you want to. Also, don't forget to follow him to be updated with his latest posts.}