See and Know a Wayang, Go Visit to Shadow Puppets Museum Jakarta, stand on artistic building at Jalan Pintu 
Besar Utara no 27, West Jakarta, was built in 1912,and in 1732 it was renovated and its name was changed into De Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk and Bataviasche Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences), that was an institution dealing with science and Indonesian culture bought this building.This building was then delivered by this institution to the Stichting Oud Batavia (Old Batavia Foundation) It was made a museum under the name of Oude Bataviasche Museum (Old Batavia Museum). In 1957 this building was delivered to Institute of Indonesian Culture and on 17 September 1962... which later was delivered to the Jakarta Administration to be made Shadow Puppet Museum.
Besar Utara no 27, West Jakarta, was built in 1912,and in 1732 it was renovated and its name was changed into De Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk and Bataviasche Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences), that was an institution dealing with science and Indonesian culture bought this building.This building was then delivered by this institution to the Stichting Oud Batavia (Old Batavia Foundation) It was made a museum under the name of Oude Bataviasche Museum (Old Batavia Museum). In 1957 this building was delivered to Institute of Indonesian Culture and on 17 September 1962... which later was delivered to the Jakarta Administration to be made Shadow Puppet Museum.Shadow Puppet or Wayang in Indonesia, especially on Java Island, was originally a product of the Royal Court culture.Indonesian shadow puppet ( Wayang) got characteristically influence especially in term of story, like the Ramayana (the Story of Rama) and Mahabharata, making the form of presentation keep on changing and with wider range in performance and in the theme of the story. In its later development the Indonesian shadow puppet had become a such tradition, that it has been capable to hold out in the supporting community consisting of various elements.
Visitors of this Museum are invited to know various characters, attitude and behaviour of the story from various regions through the performance of shadow puppet that has weight of high value in our culture and viewing a number of collections of shadow puppet like wayang kulit, wayang golek, patung wayang, topeng wayang, wayang beber, wayang kaca, gamelan (traditional music instrument set) as well as wayang paintings.
On this Museum also displays various collections of wayang and dolls from friendly countries like, Thailand, Suriname, China, Vietnam, France, India, Malaysia and Cambodia. It is not merely to be an object for recreation, study for students/ devotee can be carried out in this Museum, and this Museum even can be used as venue for training, documentation center and research on shadow puppet, and it can be used as inter-regional and international media on cultural knowledge. To support its existence, in this Museum wayang staging and attraction of wayang making are periodically organized.Opening Times:The Museum is open from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on Tuesday to Sunday.The Museum is closed on Monday and Public Holidays.Time performance:Every Sunday from 10.00 am to 2.00 pmKind of puppet performance: Sundanese doll puppet, Betawi leather puppet show, Javanese leather puppet show. visit Indonesia 2008, and stay longer in Jakarta, finds Best Hotel for holiday in Jakarta.