Jogja National Museum

Yogyakarta


Yogyakarta's premier contemporary art gallery is located within a brutalist concrete block that was built as an art faculty back in the 1950s. Today it exhibits diverse shows by Indonesian artists that change monthly; the useful website lists details of forthcoming exhibitions.

Local bands play here regularly and there's the retro inclusion of a record store.


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