Tourism Place
Pekalongan batik is very well known as a center of quality. In December 2014, UNESCO named Pekalongan as one of the Creative City for the category of Craft and Folk Arts or Crafts and Folk Art. Pekalongan into the network 29 creative city Arts and Folk Art are located in 19 countries and became the only one in Southeast Asia.
The following places of interest to visit:
Batik Museum
Pekalongan Batik Museum is a batik museum located in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia. The building of the museum was formerly the City Hall of Pekalongan (1906), located in the city center along with other important colonial buildings such as the church and the post office.
The museum was officially established by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Central Java on July 12, 1972. The Museum has a collection of wide range of Batik motive and design of Pekalongan and the surrounding area, as well as information on the development of batik starting from the Dutch era to the influence of Japan in the periode of Second World War with its Hokokai Javanese motives.