LOCATION

The museum is located on the sloop of Mount Merapi in Kaliurang mountain resort, exactly, it’s Taman Kaswargan area, a heavenly garden. The Taman Kaswargan has 11.990 square meters, surrounded by natural forest and garden where there are buildings such as Ullen Sentalu Museum, Artshops, and others.

Taman Kaswargan area is at “historical district” where there are historical places such Pesanggrahan Ngeksigondo and Wisma Kaliurang. Pesanggrahan Ngeksigondo is a place provided for the family of Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat to take a rest. It was built as commanded by Sultan HB VII. While Wisma Kaliurang has been used for deliberation of 3 countries committee when revolution for independent of RI, instead of America, Belgium, and Australia.

As philosophy, the name of Taman Kaswargan decided because it’s situated on a slope of Mount Merapi. The Javanese people considered that mount Merapi as a sacred place. Since Dutch colonial era, its known as “Naar Boven” (go to top). The term is used to get trip toward Kaliurang, a place for pleasure and took a rest where had a cool and beautiful view. From the areal of Ullen Snetalu Museum, the mount Merapi can be seen closely, though it’s called Merapi point view, and this is the part of the beauty of Taman Kaswargan.

Kaliurang, mountain resort some 25 km north of Yogyakarta, is a potential an attractive tourist destination. It’s situated in straight tourist line which connect to Borobudur and Prambanan temple.


Profle of Each Rooms

Ullen Sentalu Musuem has 7 rooms, there are Entrance, Guwo Selo Giri, and 5 rooms in Kampung Kambang.

1. Entrance
   Beside a “welcome “ room, the room also can be used as display room from the life of each figures.
2. Guwo Selo Giri
   An underground room is a long alley merger "Sumur Gumuling Taman Sari" and Gothic style. The architecture of Guwo Selo Giri dominated by using stone from mount Merapi as a main material . it displays documented paintings from the figures who has related of each Mataram Dinasty. The story of the figures are packed in term of fine arts and completed history resources that related each other. So, an interaction among the art and civilization that’s intangible can communicated gracious and riches.
3. Kampung Kambang
   A floating area on the pond with 5 rooms on it. The concept is inspired from Bale Kambang and labyrinth. The five rooms are :
   • Tinneke Room
     The room exhibit poets that were dedicate to GRAj. Koes Sapariyam and has found in the room of Kaputren Surakarta Hadiningrat. The poets were written in 1939-1947 as the memorial poets from her f amily and friends. She’s familiar with the name of Tineke. Through the poets express intellectual literature capability of the princess behind the kraton’s wall.
   • Paes Ageng Yogyakarta Room
     The room that exhibit a realist painting from the bride wedding dress of Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta with the accessories that related by the greatness wedding of Kasultanan. All details of its costume from the pattern, accessories, and philosophy can be known.
   • Vorstendlanden Batik Room
     The room exhibit batik collected both Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta and Kasunanan Surakarta, in the year of Sultan HB VII-HB IX from Yogyakarta and Sunan PB X- PB XII from Surakarta. By the collection shows an art process and Javanese people creation to poured the philosophy that they considerate through the batik patterns. A merger between the beautiful art batik and philosophy meaning that are contained have opened a very rich intangible culture heritage.
   • Pesisiran Batik Room (batik from northern coastal city in Java)
     The room describe the culture acculturation process in Java. The stuff that display are costumes, beside batik and some beauty hand made embroideries of the kabayas that usually used by the mixed ethnic origins in the Sultan HB VII era (1870’s).
   • The Adoring Princess Room
     The room represent the life album of GRAy. Siti Nurul Kusumawardhani, the only child of Mangkunegara VII with the queen GKR Timur. Exhibit her private photos documentation from childhood until her marriage (1921-1951). Through the photos there are intangible cultures, as the ritual of princess life’s stages with their accessories. This accessories are the riches culture heritage. It’s very special room because we can feel the convenience with the profile. This room is dedicated by herself on her 81st birthday
     It’s like a moral tie between the figure and Putri Dambaan room because the life album of the princess Mangkunegaran are commended privately in the room of Ullen Sentalu Museum.
     Except those rooms, Ullen Sentalu Museum has prepared some new exhibit as well, they are Peranakan Room, Miniature Royal Carriage Room, and Prasasti Room (Epigraphy room).
4. Garden
   Beside physic building, the Taman Kaswargan area is dominated by nature forest and parts of the garden that shows the atmosphere of mountain range. There are sculptures which become the outdoor museum. This located on the other part of the garden
5. Djagad Akademik Modern Art Gallery
   The room dedicated to endeavor an art is the part of continued culture process. Musuem Ullen Sentalu has exhibit the opuses of old art culture but actually the fine art world must be given facilities too. From that concept, Ulating Blencong foundation consider that it really need to be built the means of promote in this museum area, that is a coordinating institution of expresson and appreciation to endeavor art for the young artists.
   So, its built a gallery named Djagad Akademik Modern Art Gallery. The mission is to give change and rise the works of young academic artists who has begun their struggle for determine the direction of their identity
6. Beukenhof Restaurant
   The design of Kaswargan building as tourism object and nature must be completed by another facilities , such restaurant. In the Taman Kaswargan area has exist a building which surrounded by tress as the integral building concept "neighbor museum". The restaurant has exist among tress and planned, designed with colonial architecture style.
7. Artshops
   So far, the museum has not means of “museum shop” yet. But there is art shop which has relevant with the museum to support in the element of tourism of Taman Kaswargan Area.