Batik Museum of Ancient Dana Hadi Suryo Astuti Asti

Not only collected 10,000 pieces of original ancient Indonesian batik cloth. Room Dana Hadi Batik Museum of Ancient diharumi even this fragrant tuberose and jasmine flowers. Apparently, the use of jasmine and tuberose flowers in the room of this museum is not just air freshener. According to assistant manager Dana Hadi Batik Museum of Ancient Asti Suryo Astuti, the use of both natural interest as one way of maintaining quality batik collection in order to remain durable and good. "If using an artificial air freshener can affect the quality and damage the fabric," he explained.

The management also prohibit visitors holding a cloth or photographing by using the flash. "Because the human hand contains salts that can damage the fabric. While the flash of a camera flash can also fade the color of fabric," said Tuti.

Dana Hadi Batik Museum has a collection of Ancient reach 10,000 pieces of ancient batik cloth. But not wholly owned collection on display at the museum only 700 sheets. "For seven to nine months we will replace it with another collection," said Tuti again.

The museum has the theme "Batik: Influence of Age and Environment". In accordance with the theme, a collection of batik fabrics on display are divided into several types of batik. There are Dutch batik, batik Chinese, Javanese batik, Hokokai, the influence of Indian batik, batik Kraton, the Kraton influence batik, batik sudagaran, batik peasant, Indonesian batik and batik Dana Hadi.

In addition to viewing hundreds of batik, visitors can also watch the process of making batik cloth, batik good, batik and batik printing on the back of the museum.

To facilitate visitors around and get information on batik, the museum is facilitated by an arrow as a guide around the track, guide, and tool information about the history of batik cloth, characteristics, and style batik cloth that is placed on each side of the displays of batik cloth.

The existence of the Museum of Ancient Dana Hadi Batik besides dedicated to preserving the batik is also to attract tourists to come to Solo "We are more intended for tourism activities rather than commercial purposes. We will promote a culture of genuine Indonesian batik. We also have packages for heritage tour," said Diana Santoso as the Managing Director of Dana House Dana Hadi Hadi.

Visitors can follow the tour packages offered by the museum include a package to visit the ancient batik and buildings of ancient Javanese architecture Ndalem Wuryaningrat and discussion of the batik on display at the gallery. Price per package ranges from Rp 30,000 s / d Rp140.000 per person. In addition there are workshops batik making one color Rp 175,000 per person, the package of skills (batik course) for 5 days at a cost of Rp 500,000 s / d 840 000 per person.

For the package of skills, the first day began with visiting the ancient batik museum and buildings of ancient Javanese architecture in Ndalem Wuryaningrat. Then a brief discussion about batik contained in the gallery. After lunch proceed with the distribution of matter and concludes with the theory of the types of processes.

The second day, participants will be given in successive theories of raw materials, dyes theory, practice memola, and then the practice of batik. The third day begins again with the practice of batik which was then continued with the practice of dyeing (coletan).

On the fourth day, participants will be given the practice of closing and then forwarded to the practice of dyeing and sagging. On the last day the participants will be given the practice of closing, meyoga, sagging, and end with the evaluation results of the practice.

House of Dana Hadi was officially opened by Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik, August 22, 2008. HDH is an area of Batik One Stop Adventure, one of which contained Ancient Batik Museum in the region. In addition HDH can get information about Indonesian batik visitors can shop at the showroom batik batik products Danar Hadi.

In the region there HDH Dalem Wuryaningratan historic buildings, the former residence of the KPH. Wuryaningrat, grandson of Pakubuwono IX, and daughter of the king of Surakarta I.SK.S Pakubuwono X. The building is founded 1890. HDH integrated tourism area also features Sasana Mangunsuka which contains a collection of batik Dana Hadi who never featured in fashion shows.

In the near HDH will be equipped with souvenir shops that sell trinkets and also uniquely HDH DH Cafe which serves various drinks and food treats Solo distinctive quality.