Tour de Djokdja

Tour de Djokdja No. 21 / I: Arts Museum in Yogyakarta

Being a culture city, Yogyakarta becomes the growing place of various arts, from batik, painting, puppets and so on. The variants of those arts often cannot be seen directly since some of them are difficult to find. Tour de Djokdja this edition takes the theme of "Arts Museum in Yogyakarta" to invite you to explore some arts museums as the place to document the great arts works.

The exploration begins from Ullen Sentalu Museum in Kaswargan Park as the documentation room for the works by the Kingdom ladies. Then, it continues to Affandi Museum containing some works of the Indonesian painting maestro, Affandi. Finally, Tour de Djokdja invites you to Kekayon Museum presenting record of Indonesian history and Puppet Art.

Bon Voyage!

• Ullen Sentalu Museum, Reflection of the Kingdom Ladies' Beauty

Poem, batik, clothes and paintings of the ladies of Yogyakarta Kingdom, Surakarta, Mangkunegaran and Pakualaman, are all presented beautifully in Ullen Sentalu museum. A museum seemingly becomes the reflection of the kingdom ladies' beauty.

• Affandi Museum, Visiting the Palace of a Maestro

Affandi museum is all part of Affandi's life as a painting maestro. At the bank of Gajah Wong River, Affandi used to live, work, and transform his knowledge and now he lives in his eternal home there.

• Kekayon Museum, Turning On the Record of Indonesian History

A recording of Indonesian history in the form of a replica signing each scene of its development can bee seen in Kekayon Museum. Included in it is the history of the world-known puppet leather.

Source : www.yogyes.com