Smaller museums in Ubud Bali
Ubud has some great museums such as the ARMA, Neka and Museum Blanco (for those with a sense of humor). Ubud also has some great smaller museums and here are a few.
•Museum Puri Lukisan
This museum of fine arts is located in downtown Ubud, off of Jl. Raya Ubud, just to the west of Jl. Kajeng. Museum Puri Lukisan displays the works of Rudolf Bonnet, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, and others. The museum was opened in 1954, and offers exhibits representing all schools of Balinese art, as well as the more modern styles. The Pita Maha movement was started in Ubud in 1936, by Cokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet. The purpose of the movement, was to maintain the high standard of Balinese art, and not give in to the temptation to mass produce stuff for the tourist market. Exhibits of the Pita Maha movement are on display.
Museum Puri Lukisan also shows works of the ‘Young Artists’ a group founded in Penestenan in the 1960’s, inspired by Dutch artist, Arie Smit. This school of painting encouraged local Balinese to break away from restraint and paint in a free, almost naive style, expressing modern items in their work. There is also a space for temporary exhibitions.
Open daily 8am-4pm
Admission 10,000rp
•Museum Rudana
Located to the SE of Ubud in the village of Peliatan, Museum Rudana opened in 1995 and offers traditional Balinese paintings, as well as drawings by Lempad. There are also some modern pieces.
(0361) 976479
Open daily 8am-5pm
Admission 10,000rp
•Widya Kusuma Woodcarving Museum
Located outside the southern end of Monkey Forest, in the village of Nyuhkuning, this quite place offes a small selection of carved items, in various forms and styles. Heading south you have to go past the Pura Dalem.
Open daily 10am-5pm
Admission free.
source : www.baliblog.com
Add comment December 13th, 2006
Taking my own advice, or at least the advice posted on my own website, I had Ana’s husbands Fery, come over and bores holes in my flower pots. During the wet season these babies fill up with water, making them ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes. A few minutes with the power drill and that threat was greatly reduced. Nyoman the owner probably won’t care, the pots are made of cement and you can pick them up everywhere. Locals tell me its possible to put ikan kacil (little fish) in the pots, that will swim around and eat the mosquito eggs.
Sounds great, but I prefer something a little more permanent. While typing, Fery showed up again with a bag of little fish! He put them into my 3rd flower pot, in the garden. Remembering we have another outside the front door, Ana and I tried to scoop the little fish out of the first pot, using a cup and bowl. They were fast, but I got 3 transfered to their new home. The fish are black and about a centimeter long, Hope they are hungry and clean out all the larvae. The family of frogs are still camping out in my bathroom. They congregate under the faucet for the bathtub. In the evening, I’ll see one hoping across the porch towards the garden. They don’t bother me, so no worries.