Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics

Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics is located at Jalan Taman Fatahillah No. 2, West Jakarta. This antique building with tall columns of Roman style formerly housed the Raad Van Justitie (High Court of Justice) during the Dutch administration, established since January 21, 1870. Collections include a self-portrait of the famous painter Raden Saleh, as well as paintings by modern-day masters including those of Sudjojono, Affandi, Zaini, Dullah and Basuki Abdullah. There are plenty of ceramic collections in this museum, consist of local and also foriegn ceramic. The local ceramic comes from Aceh, Medan, Palembang, Lampung, Jakarta, Bandung, Purwakarta, Yogyakarta, Malang, Bali, Lombok, etc. This Museum has also Majapahit ceramic from the 14th century, which show beatiful extraordinary characteristic and have history value with various shapes and functions. The foreign ceramic of various shapes, characteristics, functions, and styles were from China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Dutch, Germany and Middle East.
The greatest numbers are from China, especially from Ching and Ming Dinasty. The museum also houses the valuable Adam Malik collection of rare ceramics and porcelains.

Jl. Pos Kota No. 2 West Jakarta Ph.: 62-21 692 6090
Open : Tuesday – Sunday : 09.00 am – 03.00 pm
Closed : Monday/Public holiday

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