Museum Negeri
Propinsi Sulawesi Utara Address: Jalan Supratman, Manado, Sulawesi,
Indonesia, ID Although the majority of the attractions within the huge
city of Manado (North Sulawesi) do tend to reside in parts of the city
other than the city centre, the Museum Negeri Propinsi Sulawesi Utara is
an exception to this, since it is to be found in the heart of the
action. All of the exhibits are well captioned in English and include an
assortment of traditional costumes and clothing, ornaments, local
relics and historical household utensils.
The museum was established as private property in 1994 by the owner: I
Gusti Ngurah Gede Pemecutan. In this museum a number of the owner's own
paintings are collected and documented as a fingerprint painting
collection. The specific methods of painting is using the fingertip as
paintbrush and stain it with water colors as wished according to the
imagination and the result is a painting on the canvas.
The
museum building consists of: exhibition hall including library, studio,
hall, where performing arts are performed, open-stage etc.
The
museum is located on Jalan Hayam Wuruk 175, Denpasar and can be easily
reached by regular public - transport. Sanur Beach as favorite tourist
attraction is only about 15 minutes drive from the museum. The museum
opens daily from: 09.00 a.m - 04.00 p.m, except holidays.
Masjid
gede Kauman (Great Mosque of Kauman) is a historical mosque located west of
Keraton North Square built as the main structure for the dissemination of
Islamic teachings in the era of Kasultanan Yogyakarta. The cultural structure
was built on Mei 29 1773 by an architect named Kyai Wiryokusumo, during the
reign of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I.
The
mosque is an integrated part of the Kasultanan Yogyakarta, as the center for
Islamic teachings in Yogyakarta, during that period. The existence of the
Mosque is an omen that the Sultan besides being the leader of the government
(Senopati Ing Ngalogo) and war, is also the delegation of Allah (Sayidin
Panatagama Khalifatullah) in religious acts. Until now, Kasultanan Yogyakarta
still maintains its status as an Islamic influence to local residents.
Situated on Jl. Dr. Sutomo No. 13
A Yogyakarta, this museum was built on May 12, 1977 as the idea of the family
of Hadi Nugroho. The enthusiasm of the people particularly from the foreigner
tourists is the main reason why this museum was established. Began from their
own family, parents, grand parents, and their own generation, this museum was
finally came true.
Its colections contain of long clothes and sarung that is recently more than
400 clothes and some equipments to make batik. Its oldest colection is a work
of batik from 1840.
It has regular event that is held
at museum every Monday to Saturday from 09.00 AM - 15.00 PM. In the year of
2000, it received an award from MURI for its biggest works of Sulaman that
was 90x400 cm² large. A year later, MURI also gave it an award for the pioner
of the establishment of the first Sulaman Museum in Indonesia.