Experience Indonesian arts through the ages

The Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics in Jakarta is a must visit for art lovers. It is home to over 500 fine art works from various time periods including art work made of different materials and processes, such as wooden totem, sketch, Batik painting, and many more.

The paintings are organized by important period in Indonesian fine arts history: The Raden Saleh Era Room (1880–1890), Hindia Jelita Room (1920s), Persagi Room (1930s), Japanese Occupation Period Room (1942–1945), Pendirian Sanggar ("Founding of Art Studio") Room (1945–1950), Birth of Realism Room (1950s), and the Contemporary Art Room (1960s-now). The art museum also has a collection of traditional ceramics from various areas of Indonesia and contemporary ceramics from China, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, and Europe.