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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Radya Pustaka old Museum in Solo Indonesia



Radya Pustaka Museum Solo

Radya Pustaka Museum

 
Ifyou been to Solo, Indonesia, a city full of different cultures, try to stop in Radya Pustaka Museum. Radya Pustaka Museum has a variety of collections consisting of various statues, indigenous heritage, shadow puppets and ancient books.
 
The museum is close to Park Sriwedari, Radya Pustaka Museum is one of the old museum, even the oldest in Indonesia.
 
Radya Pustaka Museum was founded by KRA Sosrodiningrat IV during the reign Pakubuwono IX, precisely in one of the rooms in the palace Kepatihan on October 28, 1890. Then on January 1, 1913 was moved to its current location, at Jalan Slamet Riyadi.
 
Previously, the museum building is home tesebut Busselaar Johannes, a Dutch citizen, was subsequently purchased by His Majesty Sri Pakubowono to serve as a new museum
 
Radya Museum Library are not under the auspices of the Department of Antiquities or the local City Government Tourism Office, in 1951 established a foundation called Yayasan Paheman Radya Pustaka Surakarta.
 
Many historical items the collection Radya Pustaka Museum that provides valuable information, A leading cultural figures, Go Tik Swan also known as KRT. Hardjonagoro, known as the creator of the archipelago motif, also contributed greatly to the development of this museum.
 
If you visit this museum, on the page there is a statue of the poet famous torso, in the Paku Buwana VII, namely Raden Rangga Ngabehi Warsito. While on the inside is a statue torso Sosrodiningrat VI, founder Radya Pustaka Museum. The museum is an old and beautiful building, in the museum foyer there are some of the VOC wheeled cannon from the 17th century and into the 18th. There are also several small cannons belonging Kartasura palace. There are also several statues of Hindu-Buddhist. Among others, there are statues of real Rara Jonggrang is a statue of Goddess Durga. There are also statues of Bodhisattva and Shiva. Statues were found in the vicinity of Surakarta.
 
The objects in the museum collection are in part the gifts from the guests of the state, ie some porcelain gift from Napoleon Bonaparte to His Majesty Sri Paku Buwana IV.
 
Radya Pustaka Museum could be an option for those of you who want to travel to see the city of Solo in the past. The location is easily accessible and adequate transportation options.
 

Embryo Radya Pustaka Museum


 
Activities - activities related to culture, such as Java Literature workshop every Wednesday night on Thursday, with the occupying Antisana Kepatihan. In Kepatihan that, in the Authority Panti stored culture books. This is the forerunner to the library. Radya Library is also active in the field of publishing, for example by publishing Candrawati Sasadara, Candrakarta, and others.
Some courses are organized as courses puppetry (1923 - 1942), a course with a teacher Karawitan Dr. H. Kramer and Dr. Th. Pigeaud. Other events such as exhibition Puppet Making, Carving, Batik.

Filler stuff came from the Palace museum Surakarta, Kepatihan, from the purchase of the GPH Hadiwijaya, other participants and donations.



Leadership Board Radya Pustaka Museum



Historically, as the head of the board consists of RTH Radya Library Djojodiningrat II (1899-1905), R.T.H. Djojonagoro (1905-1914), R.T. Wuryaningrat (1914-1926), G.P.H. Hadiwidjojo (1926 until his death).

Of an association later changed shape as a legal entity Paheman Radya Pustaka a Foundation on Sunday 11 November 1951. The Government of Indonesia in Jakarta also help finance subsidies with museum employees and labor considerations no museum owned by the Indonesian nation is as old as the museum.



Fill Museum

Fiil of Museum Radyapustaka


On the front page there is a museum bust R. Ng. Ranggawarsita. Book by Ranggawarsita and other poets are Yasadipura containing expression philosophy, life guidance, the story of the king, history, literature, and many others gathered at the museum.


 


Gamelan in Radya Pustaka Museum

Devices ancient gamelan, gamelan organ like a piano, a collection of ancient money, the head of an ancient boat, including a giant-headed Rajamala, various types of puppets, various kinds of ancient sculptures of stone and bronze, various types of umbrellas and others on display in the museum. Many prospective graduate thesis collects material from the museum. Even some foreign scholars also learn the Java language, the cultural history of writing material for the museum Radya pustaka.
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2 comments:

  1. lha, kupikir bahasa indonesia, rupanya bhs linggis, he he.. mantab

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  2. A very detailed write up on the museum. That's another museum added to my travel list. Thank you for sharing your insights and experience in your own narrative. Cheers.

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