Museum Ranggawarsita

A must visit when you're in Semarang and want to see a piece of Javanese cultures, starting far back from the prehistoric era to modern one. Not a big museum but enough to teach you so much on how Javanese people have developed their cultures for a ticket less than USD 1. Clean place, but some area is a bit hot. Non-Indo speakers might need to hire a guide as the captions are written in Indonesian. Or, google translate might help if guide isn't available. Hopefully the museum would provide English captions later in the future.

Huge museum with a diverse collection! Definitely worth visiting. There's the standard Hindu and Buddhist statues in most Java museums, but then about 75% is focused on local culture from the Muslim era onward. Limited English on some labels - you need Google translate. It's especially rich in wayang, ceramics, weapons and batik. There's also life-size dioramas of local artisanal production and cultural festivals. I spent about 2 hours here but could have spent even more. Huge negative though: almost nothing is labeled helpfully. Ex: statues labeled as which mudra or god they represent, no context on era or location. There's 4 buildings, with a second floor on each building. There's also a large outside sculpture area past the bathrooms. Price is 15k for foreigners. It's well connected to the city via the bus system. Also don't miss the WWII graveyard just across the highway, the largest in Indonesia.

What do you expect when you visit a museum? Rich history of a place to gain knowledge from near and far of course. Pretty good showcase for the least part, saying that coz for the most part they lacked maintenance. They're either Rundown, chipping paint, non working sound effects on the Diorama pieces, etc. This is most likely due to the cost of the entrance fee. Which is super low, I mean the moment we get the tickets,already in my mind is how could this helped maintain the place🤔 Sure enough, it shows. Saw some renovation being done right by the entrance though, however they should really spruce up the interiors and showcase pieces. I mean the glass case that holds the giant prehistoric Mammoth tusk is broken with a huge hole😳 Sigh, come on management, I sure hope u guys would improve them all and get more crowd to come visit.

Actually it’s a great museum. The collection of the museum was great, from pre historic until recent history, from archaeological, stones, until history of Javanese culture. But, there’s no clear concept how the visitor enjoy and learn from the museum. It will be better if the museum have some clear concept and have one way to enter until exit and have the full history experiences. Cheap ticket entrance.

The museum displays a large number of items related to the history and culture of Semarang and Central Java, which is worth exploring, but there is no English guidance, so need to use translation tools.

This museum surprisingly displayed unexpected features you know. And funnily many Semarang inhabitants don't know about what is inside. You'll find a socio-geological history packed in neat wooden furniture. I ensure you to find a new wonderful experience while hanging around there, because this historical place isn't like another cliche and boring museum. Also, luckily there is an AC so you won't be dehydrated okay. But unfortunately, the second floor wasn't covered with AC. Then, that's fine to look around the first floor only if you can't handle the heat. The other surprising aspect was a 3D show. Telling us about the dinosaur ever existed. Btw, I've just to know that mammoth was existing in the last on Java's land. This museum is truly educating!

Great museum with huge collection. Here, you could learn geology, history, and culture of Java from various artifacts, fossils, dioramas, and many other historical displays. Tickets are cheap, and there's locker in the lobby. Also, there's large parking area which may benefit tour groups and families with car or bus. However, when I came (it was on Saturday), there's no tour guide while some displays are not accompanied with any plaque or description sheet, so it was not a very satisfactory visit.

The museum is huge! No wonder it is the biggest in West Java. It has wide range collections from classic era, colonial era and post colonial. I could say it was the most complete museum I have ever visit.