4 cities · 11 museums
The best museums in Indonesia are National Museum of Indonesia, Affandi Museum and Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA). World Museum Guide covers 11 museums in Indonesia across 4 cities, with admission prices, opening hours and highlights for each. Check each guide for current prices and free days.
Visitor information last reviewed 1 September 2026. Check the official museum site for current details.
| # | Museum | City | Admission | Time needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Museum of Indonesia | Jakarta | Rp50,000 for Indonesian adults | 2–3 hours |
| 2 | Affandi Museum | Yogyakarta | Rp50,000 for domestic visitors | 1.5 hours |
| 3 | Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) | Ubud | Rp150,000 | 2 hours |
| 4 | Geology Museum Bandung | Bandung | Rp5,000 | 1.5–2 hours |
| 5 | Jakarta History Museum | Jakarta | Rp10,000 for adults on weekdays and Rp15,000 on weekends | 1–1.5 hours |
| 6 | Museum Puri Lukisan | Ubud | Rp95,000 per adult | 1.5 hours |
| 7 | Neka Art Museum | Ubud | Rp150,000 | 2 hours |
| 8 | Sonobudoyo Museum | Yogyakarta | Rp10,000 | 1.5 hours |
| 9 | Ullen Sentalu Museum | Yogyakarta | Rp50,000 Adiluhung Mataram tour | 1.5 hours |
| 10 | Wayang Museum | Jakarta | Rp10,000 for adults on weekdays and Rp15,000 on weekends | 1 hour |
Jakarta, Indonesia
Archaeology Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & first-timers
Indonesia's national museum was founded in 1778 by the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences and is nicknamed Museum Gajah after the bronze elephant in its forecourt. Its collections span prehistory, Hindu-Buddhist sculpture, ceramics, coins and ethnography from across the archipelago.
Rp50,000 for Indonesian adults · ⏱ 2–3 hours · Closed Mondays
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Modern & Contemporary Art · Best for art lovers & modern art lovers
The Affandi Museum preserves the riverside home, studio and galleries of Affandi (1907–1990), Indonesia's best-known expressionist painter, on Jalan Laksda Adisucipto east of central Yogyakarta. Its leaf-roofed galleries show his paintings, car and bicycle alongside works by his family, and Affandi is buried in the grounds.
Rp50,000 for domestic visitors · ⏱ 1.5 hours · Closed Sundays
Ubud, Indonesia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & culture seekers
The Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) in Pengosekan, Ubud, opened in 1996 to show Balinese painting from classical Kamasan work to contemporary art, alongside Walter Spies, Raden Saleh and other artists linked to Bali. Set in gardens by rice fields, it is also a busy venue for dance, gamelan and cultural workshops.
Rp150,000 · ⏱ 2 hours
Bandung, Indonesia
Natural History Museum · Best for families & science lovers
Bandung's Geology Museum (Museum Geologi) opened in 1929 in an Art Deco building on Jalan Diponegoro and is run by Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. Its galleries cover the geology of the archipelago, the history of life — including a near-complete fossil elephant from Blora — mineral resources and geological hazards.
Rp5,000 · ⏱ 1.5–2 hours · Closed Fridays
Jakarta, Indonesia
History Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & architecture fans
The Jakarta History Museum, known locally as Museum Fatahillah, occupies Batavia's former city hall (Stadhuis), completed in 1710 on today's Fatahillah Square in Kota Tua. It traces the city's story from prehistory through the Dutch colonial era to independence.
Rp10,000 for adults on weekdays and Rp15,000 on weekends · ⏱ 1–1.5 hours · Closed Mondays
Ubud, Indonesia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & first-timers
Museum Puri Lukisan on Ubud's main street opened in 1956 and is the oldest art museum in Bali, founded by Ubud's royal family and the Dutch painter Rudolf Bonnet to keep the best Balinese painting and woodcarving on the island. Its four galleries trace modern Balinese art from the Pitamaha movement of the 1930s onward.
Rp95,000 per adult · ⏱ 1.5 hours
Ubud, Indonesia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & culture seekers
Neka Art Museum, founded by the collector Suteja Neka and opened in 1982, traces the development of painting in Bali through pavilions set in a garden overlooking a river valley in Sanggingan, north-west of central Ubud. It also displays a notable collection of Balinese keris.
Rp150,000 · ⏱ 2 hours
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ethnography Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & first-timers
Sonobudoyo Museum is Yogyakarta's state museum of Javanese culture, opened in 1935 in a joglo-style building designed by Thomas Karsten beside the Kraton's northern square. Its galleries range from prehistoric bronzes and Hindu-Buddhist statues to wayang puppets, keris, batik and Balinese art.
Rp10,000 · ⏱ 1.5 hours · Closed Mondays
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
History Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & culture seekers
Ullen Sentalu Museum is a private museum of Javanese royal culture set among forest in Kaliurang, on the slopes of Mount Merapi north of Yogyakarta. Opened in 1997, it can only be seen on guided tours past portraits, batik, letters and poems from the four Mataram royal houses.
Rp50,000 Adiluhung Mataram tour · ⏱ 1.5 hours · Closed Mondays
Jakarta, Indonesia
Specialist Museum · Best for families & culture seekers
The Wayang Museum on Fatahillah Square in Kota Tua is dedicated to Indonesian puppetry, with more than 6,000 shadow, rod and other puppets from across the archipelago and abroad. It occupies a 1912 building on the site of Batavia's Old Dutch Church and reopened with bilingual interactive galleries in January 2025.
Rp10,000 for adults on weekdays and Rp15,000 on weekends · ⏱ 1 hour · Closed Mondays
Jakarta, Indonesia
Modern & Contemporary Art · Best for art lovers & contemporary art fans
Museum MACAN (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara) opened in West Jakarta in November 2017 as the first museum in Indonesia to give public access to a major collection of modern and contemporary art from Indonesia and abroad. It stages rotating exhibitions in its galleries on Level M of AKR Tower.
Rp88,000 for adults Tuesday–Friday · ⏱ 1.5–2 hours · Closed Mondays
The best museums in Indonesia are National Museum of Indonesia, Affandi Museum, Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA), Geology Museum Bandung and Jakarta History Museum, ranked by visitor numbers and collection strength.
World Museum Guide covers 11 museums in Indonesia across 4 cities.
Most charge admission, but National Museum of Indonesia, Affandi Museum, Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) and Geology Museum Bandung offer free or reduced entry on certain days or for certain visitors. See each guide for the rules.
