Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics

Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics

Overview
Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics, is a museum store collections art, sculpture, and ceramics from the regions in Indonesia. Meseum is held in an old heritage building built in the era of the Netherlands between the years 1866-1870 in the City of M Batavia (Jakarta). Initially, the old building is enabled by the Government of the Netherlands as a judicial office or the judiciary.

Before becoming official Museum and Visual Arts Ceramics, antique building propped high rounded style is Roman in its history been used as an office a few institutions. During the Japanese occupation, for example, this old building used by the Government as Dai Nippon dormitory / barracks and military warehouses of stores. After Indonesian independence, in 1967, this building became its functions aimed to Jakarta and then switch into the Museum and the Office of DKI Jakarta Province History since 1974 until 1975. However, on 20 August 1976, this building set by President Soeharto as the Visual Arts Building Central Jakarta, and then officially changed its name to Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics in 1990. Currently, the Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics, established by the government of Indonesia as one of the heritage that must be protected

Specialties
Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics, has a collection of around 400 works of art including sculpture, totem of wood, sketches, painting and batik. Tourists who visit the museum can see this collection are very important for the history of Indonesian art, including paintings entitled "The Regent of Cianjur," the paper Raden Saleh

painting "Mother breastfeeding" Dullah paper, painting "Laskar Tritura" Masterpiece S. Sudjojono, painting titled "The Cianjur" works of Hendra Gunawan, and painting "Self Portrait" paper Affandi

Type of art form that can be witnessed by tourists in the museum is the totem of the impressive wood Tjokot magical works, sculptures and carvings berciri typical Bali, and the totem of the wood works of modern artists, such as G. Sidharta and Oesman Effendi. In addition, visitors can also see the paintings of artists university graduates, such as Achmad Sadali, Srihadi S, Fajkar Sidik, popo Kusnadi Iskandar, Rusli, Nashar, Zaini, Amang Rahman, Amri Yahya, AS Budiman, Barli, Sudjana Kerton, Suprapto, Irsan, Mulyadi W, Abas Alibasyah, and many other artists from various regions in Indonesia

In addition to exhibit paintings and sculpture, Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics also has a diverse collection of ceramics. Collection of ceramics on display at the museum consists of local and foreign ceramics. Local ceramics that can be witnessed by visitors, among others, are from Aceh, Medan, Palembang, Lampung, Jakarta, Bandung, Purwakarta, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Lombok and Bali. While the collection of foreign ceramics in the museum has the form, features, functions, characteristics, and style that come from various countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Netherlands, Germany, Middle East, and China. Specifically for ceramics that come from China, most of the heritage collection of the history or Ching Ming Dynasty.

Tourists visited the Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics can also visit the museum, which is also another museum in Jakarta, of which
Jakarta History Museum
Museum Wayang
Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics, located in Jalan Pos Kota No. 2, Jakarta Barat, DKI Jakarta Province, Indonesia

This museum is easily reached by tourists, as many public vehicles, such as bus or microbus Transjakarta, who often travel in the surrounding areas. Visitors can use the bus Transjakarta jurusan Blok M to Kota, microbus or use M-12 direction to the City of Senen, or can also use the microbus M-08 direction to the City of Tanah Abang. In addition to using the bus and microbus Transjakarta, visitors can also use the bus in the city Patas AC No. 79 Kampung Rambutan direction toward City.

Rates for incoming tourists who visit the museum this vary based on the group of (minimum 20 people) or individuals. For adult group of visitors at the entrance of the cost of Rp 1,500, Rp group of 750 students, while the group of children (students) is only charged at Rp 500

Unlike the tariff entry entourage, adult visitors are individual tariff of Rp 2000 entry, the individual student visitors is Rp 1,000, while for children (students) are just as much as Rp 600

Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics, opened to the public on Tuesday to Sunday, while Monday and close the big day. On Tuesday until Thursday, the museum is open at 09.00-15.00 WIB. On Friday and Sunday, the museum is open from 14:00 until 09.00 o'clock WIB, while for the day Saturday from 09.00 o'clock until 12:30 o'clock WIB.

Accommodation and Facilities

Up to now, Museum of Visual Arts and Ceramics, has equipped the library with a collection of books on fine art, sculpture, and so forth. In addition, in this museum, there are a variety of souvenir shops selling various cenderamata, such as postcards, book art, crafts, sketches, fan, sculpture, and others.