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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 28 attractions in Jakarta
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Traveler Description: This museum exhibits a great many wayang kulit, two-dimensional puppets used in the ancient art of Javanese storytelling.
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Attraction type: Specialty museum
Address: Jl. Pintu Besar Utara 27
Old Batavia Jakarta, Java
Indonesia
Tel: 62 21 692 9560

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“Puppet Museum, A Cultural Gem”
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4 of 5 stars
WellWornPassport   16 contributions
Washington DC, District of Columbia
Jan 27, 2008
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In a relatively rundown (and historic) part of town, this hidden gem is not to be missed. There are free performances on Sunday afternoons. I was approached by a "guide" whose family is well-known for their generation-long tradition of creating and performing Wayang puppets. He gave a great impromptu tour of the museum, but at the end, he expected me... more

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Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang) Address

Jl. Pintu Besar Utara 27 | Old Batavia, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Tel: 62 21 692 9560