The Pekalongan Batik Museum Collection Exhibition Of 2022-2023
UNESCO has designated Indonesian Batik as an Intangible World Cultural Heritage. In addition, the Pekalongan Batik Museum is the only museum in Indonesia that has received a UNESCO certificate with the title of Best Safeguarding Practice, where the museum is an institution for preserving Batik culture for students from elementary, middle, and high, vocational, and polytechnic levels. Cool!
The Pekalongan Batik Museum is located at Jetayu Street No. 1, Pekalongan City has 3 showrooms. The concept, display, and collection in the showroom will be replaced on National Batik Day, October 2. Curious about the Batik Museum collection until 2023? Look at the information below.
SHOWROOM 1
Since a long time ago, the atmosphere of batik in Pekalongan City has been an economic source. It makes batik craftsmen continuously create innovations that enrich the diversity of Pekalongan Batik in particular and Indonesian Batik in general. Showroom 1 carries the concept of "Collaboration in a Batik Circle" by presenting the creations of 9 (nine) craftsmen from Pekalongan with various motifs and colors. Some highlight the bouquet motif with color gradations of past and present patterns, there are batiks with encim characters, and so on.
SHOWROOM 2
Showroom 2 with the theme "Development of Batik Materials and Indonesian Batik Materials" displays materials and tools related to batik. There are examples of written batik, stamped, and batik motif textile fabrics, then types of batik cloth materials, to various types of canting and stamped canting. In the middle of the room, there is also a Jedi, a tool for melting wax/batik wax. On the right and left of the room, there are several clothes from regional representatives in Indonesia from the western tip of Sumatra to the eastern tip of Papua. The rapid development of batik has made almost every region in Indonesia have distinctive motifs for each region with the characteristics of their local wisdom.
SHOWROOM 3
Showroom 3 is located next to Showroom 2 and has the theme “Diversity of Interior and Coastal Batik Motifs”. Inland Batik grows in the Yogyakarta and Solo regions. In the past, batik motifs not only contained symbolic meanings but also indicated the position of the wearer. This section displays the decorative motifs of batik cloth worn by the king, nobles who are relatives of the king, and nobles who are not related to the king. Then, in the Coastal Batik section, batik cloth is displayed which has been influenced by Europeans, Indians, Chinese, and Japanese. Generally, batik produced on the north coast of Java has bright and bright colors. The motifs and decorations are naturalistic, but some have symbolic meanings. Coastal batik is widely produced in Jakarta, Indramayu, Cirebon, Tegal, Pekalongan, Kudus, Lasem, Tuban, Gresik, Sidoarjo, Maduran, and a number of other places.
How? Isn't it interesting the collection exhibition at the Pekalongan Batik Museum? Visitors can also see displays of past photos on the outside of the exhibition space, try making batik with a canting in the workshop room, to shopping tours at the Pekalongan City Dekranasda.
What are you waiting for? Add the Pekalongan Batik Museum to your wishlists! It will be exciting and fun! (Admin)
Photo 1 : Showroom 1
Photo 2 : Showroom 2
Photo 3 : Showroom 3
