This museum houses a variety of motifs designs batik from various regions center of batik in Pekalongan. Located at Jetayu street. The visitors can see a collection of batik from time to time. Of this batik museum we will get a lot of information about the development of batik Indonesia, starting from the time of Dutch rule, until the Japanese influence on the development of motifs and designs batik during the period of Second World War.
Museum Batik Pekalongan also collected a number batik craft of outside Java, especially Batik Sumatera is heavily influenced by the Islamic culture, it is apparent from the motif that resembles the development of the art of calligraphy. Here we can also see a collection of antique batik that has been outstanding for more than one hundred years. We can find a collection of encim sarong worn by women of Chinese descent in Indonesia at the time. And much more interesting collection of batik in Pekalongan batik museum.
Buildings used as Indonesian Batik Museum is formerly the Pekalongan City Hall building, which has stood since the period of Dutch rule. Then the building was refurbished to serve as Indonesian Batik Museum, and designated as a historic landmark. In the building we will find some space with the construction of the doors and windows, it is increasingly making the historical feel of the more viscous.
Pekalongan Batik Museum's location is easily accessible to be some means of transportation. And why Indonesian Batik Museum is located in Pekalongan, among other reasons, in addition is a city famous producing batik. Batik Pekalongan is also said to describe a form of assimilation cultural wisdom that consists of diverse ethnicities such as: Java, Native, Arab, Chinese, and Dutch cultural heritage.
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