Museum Anak Kolong Tangga, children's toy museum

Museum Anak Kolong Tangga, children's toy museum, this name was taken because the location is there under the stairs of a building, in a garden area of Yogyakarta culture, Sriwedari street no. 1, Yogyakarta. The museum was initiated by Rudi Corens, artists Belgian descent, as a form of concern over the loss of traditional Indonesian games, as well as a medium of learning for children, in order to understand more about the culture of Indonesia itself.

Toy collection in this museum is not the result of modern toy manufacturers, but traditional toys handmade original, containing usur culture, traditions, and myths of his time, such as wooden rocking horse, wooden motorcycles toy, miniature toy houses, gasing of domestic and foreign, toys made of paper, and many others. The museum also has a collection coming from the five continents, consists of a variety of posters, comics and a variety of photos of the world's children.

When you get to the museum space, there is a range of storefront glass, filled with kids toys from around the world. Amounts of hundreds. Each is labeled with a description, name, country of origin, and history into the toy background.

Village of Arts Nitiprayan, the stage art community

Kampung Seni Nitiprayan, Nitiprayan art village, located in the village Ngestiharjo, Kasihan, Bantul regency. The origin of the name "art village" because most of its residents are artists. Even among artists Yogyakarta, there are anecdotal, "not yet called the artist if had never lived in the village Nitripayan".

Nitiprayan art village, stems from the idea Ong Hari Wahyu. He wants to make Nitiprayan village as a village polarization nuanced art, ranging from residents, neighborhoods, until the daily activities. Given the a long time ago, a lot of artists who live in Nitiprayan. Ong Hari Wahyu initiated the Nitiprayan village into an "stage art". First step by inviting the local residents and newcomers make some arts community.

These artists teach residents take advantage of existing goods as a medium of art, such as leaves or used goods. Through this independence, the Village of Arts Nitiprayan, it has its own peculiarities. With the independence of art infrastructure, ranging from the stage performances up to art tools, communities are able to work creatively and innovate, to capitalize on a variety of used goods around it, into a work of art and art equipment.

Various events such as arts festivals and cultural performances often held in this village. Nitiprayan art village is not only presenting the artists, who are really devotes itself to the arts, but also display artistic creativity of the residents, who previously very blind to art. Society is then directed and guided by the artists, so being part of an artistic community. This is the typical value of its own in the Village of Arts Nitiprayan, namely the residents actively involved in arts activities.

Nitripayan village still retains its traditional values to the present. Physical form of buildings, such as the traditional Javanese houses, mainly of type "limasan", or pyramid, with its variations. On social values, customs, mutual assistance, and a culture of mutual respect is still maintained, even able to beat the materialistic culture that is being developed at this time. The values of this tradition is able to give effect to the local culture. So that the work of community art, is an exploration and expression of social values.

Dipowinatan village, traveled enjoy traditional Javanese ceremony

If you want to enjoy the culture of the people of Yogyakarta, please you visit Kampung Dipowinatan, Village Keparakan, Mergangsan District, the city of Yogyakarta. Dipowinatan tourist village is quite new, open since 4 November 2006. In addition to the environment neat and clean, of a society that still maintain the tradition be the main attraction.

Tourism concept is offered, "blusukan", around the village, and be a guest the family home of Java. During be a guest, travelers are required to wear traditional Javanese clothes, and will be served culinary Java. In addition, there is a package of "reality life", where visitors are invited to delve and enjoy the routine of daily life of local communities, such as if there are people who hold a wedding, tourists are invited to "rewang", to help prepare for the wedding reception, such as cooking, making wedding decorations, make "kembar mayang", and others.

When the implementation of a wedding ceremony, visitors are invited to witness the wedding ceremony of Javanese tradition, and also give a "donation" to the family of the bride, as tradition handed down through generations. There was also a package "Enjoy the Culture", which is the package art performances and enjoy a variety of attractions that are full of traditional values.

Leather Craft Manding Tourism Village

Leather Craft Manding Tourism Village is located at the intersection of Jl. Parangtritis km 11, or exactly on Jl. DR Wahidin Sudiro Husodo, Manding, Sabdodadi, Bantul, about 15 km from Yogyakarta city center, is in the middle of the city of Yogyakarta with Parangtritis Beach. This tourist village is the center of leather goods in Bantul, Yogyakarta, which has about 40 traditional leather business done by residents.

Jogja National Museum, contemporary art museums and galleries

Jogja National Museum (JNM) is a contemporary art museum and galleries. JNM be a work spaces, space discussions, art exhibitions, and as a public space. JNM is managed by Yayasan Yogyakarta Seni Nusantara (YYSN), inaugurated in 2006. JNM occupies the former Indonesian Fine Arts Academy (ASRI - 1950), and the Faculty of Art and Design (FSRD - 1984), which is the forerunner to the establishment of the Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI). Located in Jalan Amri Yahya 1, Gampingan, Wirobrajan, the city of Yogyakarta.

Cemeti Art House, reinventing ‘Art and Society’

Cemeti Art House, located at Jalan D.I. Panjaitan 41 Yogyakarta, established in 1988 with the name Gallery Cemeti, founder of a husband-wife, Nindityo Adipurnomo and Mella Jaarsma, artist graduated from the Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI). In early 1999, changed its name to the Cemeti Art House. Cemeti Art House is an exhibit space, information center, the documentation and promotion of the arts. 1995, stood Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA) who managed all aspects of archival and research Fine Arts.