Textile Museum Jakarta
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A textile museum in a 19th-century colonial villa, showcasing batik and ikat from across the archipelago, with optional batik-making workshops.
The Textile Museum sits in a 19th-century Dutch colonial villa in Tanah Abang. Its collection covers batik, ikat, songket and traditional looms from islands across Indonesia, and the batik hall displays how motifs differ from region to region. In the back courtyard, the batik workshop lets you try drawing a batik handkerchief yourself with a canting (wax-applying pen), for an extra fee. Admission is inexpensive (check on site), and the museum is closed on Mondays. Nearby is Tanah Abang Market, the largest textile wholesale market in Southeast Asia.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 09:00–15:00, closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Bundaran HI & Selamat Datang Monument
- National Museum of Indonesia
- Monas (National Monument)
- National Gallery of Indonesia
- Istiqlal Mosque
- Jakarta Cathedral
- Taman Ismail Marzuki
- Lapangan Banteng Park