The Textile Museum houses a collection of textiles from various islands in Indonesia. The museum is located in Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

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Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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History

The building of Textile Museum was built in the early 19^th century. Initially the building was a private house of a Frenchman. The building was later sold to Abdul Aziz Al Mussawi al musa Khadim, a Turkish consulate for Batavia. In 1942, the building was sold again to Karel Cristian Cruq.

The building had been used as the headquarter of Barisan Keamanan Rakyat ("Front of People Safety") during the struggle for independence period

Indonesian National Revolution

The Indonesian National Revolution or Indonesian War of Independence was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire, and an internal social revolution...

. Later in 1947, the building was owned by Lie Sion Phin who rented it to the Department of Social Affairs which modified it into an institution for aged people. Afterwards the building was handed over to the city's government and on June 28, 1978 the building was inaugurated as the Textile Museum by Madame Tien Soeharto.

Collections

The textile museum exhibits many kinds of Indonesian traditional weaving such as Javanese batik

Batik

Batik is a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Singapore.Javanese traditional batik, especially from...

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Batak (Indonesia)

Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The term is used to include the Toba, Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Angkola and Mandailing, each of which are distinct but related groups with distinct, albeit related, languages and...

 ulos, and ikat

Ikat

Ikat, or Ikkat, is a dyeing technique used to pattern textiles that employs a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye on either the warp or weft fibres....

. There are also displays of traditional weaving instruments and equipments for textile production.

External links

• http://www.indonesia-travel-guide.com/Jakarta_Travel_Guide/Textile_Museum/Textile_Museum.html
• Museum Directory of Indonesia