 This museum is founded in November 1935 and designed by the Dutch
architect Kersten. This Museum is built in traditional Javanese
architecture. It exhibits weapons, leather and wooden puppets of Wayang
Theater, masks, statues, textiles, curios and old Javanese gamelan
instruments. The museum is situated on the northern side of the city's
main square in front of the Sultan's Palace. Sonobudoyo museum is
located on the north side of the North Square of Sultan's Palace. It was
built in 1935 according to Javanese architecture. The architecture of
gateway resembles to the entrance of the mosque in Kudus in the way to
the auditorium and main Joglo structure, which are connected, while
Kudus is the most ancient town in Java Island beside Kotagede. The
museum has the second most complete collection of cultural artifacts
after the central museum in Jakarta, like ceramic from the Neolithic
Age, statues and bronze articles from the 8th, 9th and 10th century
originating from Central Java temples, various kinds of masks and wayang
(puppet for shadow play), a gamelan or orchestra, an ancient weapon
collection, the looms and artifacts from Bali. This museum is also an
interesting library that keeps various ancient books related to the
Javanese culture.
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