Sonobudoyo Museum

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Karsten was the acrhitect of the building. After collecting several collections of cultural objects from the Javanese territory, Madura, Baliand Lombok, finally on November 6^th 1935, the Sonobudoyo Museum was declared by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VIII. The museum occupied the abandoned Schautan office northem part of the north square the Jogja Palace.

Sonobudoyo Museum had 42.698 collection that consisted of 10 categories, namely the collection geologika, biology, ethnography, arkeologika, historika, numismatics, filologika, keramologi, the fine arts and teknologika. Apart from the showroom as the place to display collection objects, the Sonobudoyo Museum is also supplemented with the auditorium, storage the collection, the library, laboratory, preparasi, the affice and the public’s facilities.

On entering the main hall af the museum, the eldest building in the museum comples, you will see three sets of gamelan of the religious Kyai Mendhung (cloud) from the palace of Kasepuhan Cirebon occupied the west side, while 2 gamelan equipment slendro pelog the religious Kyai and Nyai Riris Manis (was made in the period of Sri Sultan HB VI) in Mataram style is in the best east.

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Ullen Sentalu Museum

Ullen Sentalu Museum

Born as art gifted family with the artist’s imagination, and raised in the power of Javanese tradition had motivated the family to the art and Javanese culture exploration and had challenged their dedication dreams into a model of museum. This culture heritage consevation project inspired the Mataram Kingdom to open the hidden treasures of their noble women tradition and forbidden walls for Public curiosty through this museum.

Ullen Sentalu museum was then astablished and at the anniversary of Jogja city March 1, 1997. This exenellecy Paku Alam VIII as one of the Mataram Kings who was also  the governor of the Jogja province, afficially apened the museum for the public. The building architecture was inspired by the cross culture experience of European and Javanese Philosophy was developed in creative balance at the hill sede of Merapi mount. 

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