House Of Danar Hadi

5 Latifah Fahri Makarim - 7 months ago

The place is neat, clean, and has quite a nice layout. The main building looks cool although maintenance in the museum could be improved. The guide (forgot his name) gave us tons of knowledge about batik. For a private museum, it has whopping number of batik collections that were mostly in excellent condition despite being 100+ years old. Definitely one of a few decent places to visit in Solo.

5 Dewanto Andoko - 3 months ago

Currently the most recommended museum to visit in Surakarta. Air conditioned, great Layout, well kept specimens, and most importantly a museum guide to explain it all to you, all for a fee of Rp.35.000, students get discounts too.
The museum exhibits 1200 pieces of batik ranging from 1800s up to the 1960s and 70s, with various styles from Keraton, Pesisir, Dutch, Chinese, and Contemporary Indonesian Batik. You can also learn the intricate process of Batik making, and a mini workshop to try and make one.

5 Kitten Wrangler - 4 months ago

This place is amazing for learning about batik, its history and philosophy and how it has adapted to reflect a changing Indonesia. It is an art form, and this is a museum full of so many wonderful pieces of art.

The guide we had was incredibly knowledgeable and really expanded my understanding of batik.

5 Ali Ghozali - 4 months ago

It is a good private museum. There are a lot of batik fabrics and you come not only for seeing the batik, but also learn a lot about batik.

Since it is a private museum, you won't be allowed to take any pictures.

1 Nisrina Saraswati - a week ago

I went with my family to check out the museum. Upon first encounter, the staff at the shop already came off as unfriendly (not greeting us nor returning back our greetings). The old lady at the cashier whom I took as a tour guide was a bit passive aggressive as well. This was the exact opposite with how she treated a white couple in front of us. We couldn't join the tour along with the couple as she thought that we didn't understand English. I get where she's coming from, but to not even ask us nor offer the possibility for us to join the tour comes off as condescending to me. She also told us that we could just buy something instead of just looking around (this, too, was in a condescending tone).

We left, not really feeling welcomed there. It was a pity, since we visited Batik Keris Museum and had a wonderful experience with the staff and the tour guide, and was hoping that we could have a similar experience here. There was also no photography restriction whatsoever at Batik Keris, so I would recommend going there instead.

4 Daniel Tanujaya - 2 months ago

Ask for the guided tour. Buy the tickets at the cashier. The guide will tell you all about batik, from their early history, to their usage and the different patterns meaning. Overall, an excellent tour and batik collection.

5 Yudo Budi Pramono - 3 months ago

You will learn to appreciate one of Indonesia's heritage, Batik. This private museum had thousands of batik collections from various places.