Textile Museum Has 2,500 Cloths of Archipelago

Textile Museum on Jalan Aipda KS Tubun, Kota Bambu Selatan Urban Village, Palmerah, West Jakarta has a collection of 2,500 cloths of archipelago. No wonder, the museum becomes a favorite tourist destination, especially for women.

Tourists especially from foreign countries are very interested to see the cloth of archipelago

Textile Museum Service Unit Head, Sari Permana said, from 2,500 collections, among them are batik, woven, songket, sasirangan, rainbow cloth, kain tapis (a traditional weaving style from Lampung, Indonesia) and tenun ikat. 

"Tourists especially from foreign countries are very interested to see the cloth of archipelago," she expressed, Wednesday (7/19).

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She explained, the number of visitors in 2015 is reaching 60,086 people and 61,192 people last year.

"This number is surely increasing. This year, from January-June, the number is about 34,876 visitors," she closed.