Sarong Kebaya: Peranakan Fashion and Its International Sources
Explore the sarong kebaya - favoured fashion of Peranakan women for generations - in this special exhibition at the Peranakan Museum. This visual feast traces the evolution of the kebaya from its roots in 16th-century Islamic garments through its development across Southeast Asia.
Visitors will discover how Peranakan fashion was influenced by other communities, and how it developed its own unique character.
Highlights of the exhibition include batik masterpieces on loan from Dutch museums and an impressive collection of kebayas and robes dating from the 18th to the 20th century.
New Collection:
The Peranakan Museum unveils a new presentation of the exhibition, Sarong Kebaya: Peranakan Fashion and its International Sources. The new collection of garments and textiles reveals unusual, intimate, and exquisite pieces.
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Special Exhibition
Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship
11 Oct 2024 – 31 Aug 2025
Family, art, and entrepreneurship converge in the story of three visionary Peranakan women from Indonesia – Nyonya Oeij Soen King, her daughter-in-law Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing, and her granddaughter Jane Hendromartono. From the 1890s to 1980s, they produced impressive batiks in the renowned batik centre of Pekalongan on Java’s north coast. This exhibition explores the lives and works of these women, revealing how each became a batik master in her own right, and how they responded to the rapid political, cultural, and economic changes of their times to run a business that produced great art.
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Programmes
Daily Guided Tours at Peranakan Museum
Daily
Guided tours led by our volunteer docents are available daily.
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Lectures and Seminars
Entrepreneurship and the batik industry in Pekalongan
27 November 2024, 7 to 8pm
This talk examines the development of Pekalongan’s batik industry in the context of Indonesia’s quest for independence, as well as shifting market forces within the nation and beyond.
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