Sonobodoyo museum and Merapi museum are the perfect combo tour for museum lovers. The Sonobudoyo Museum is a Javanese history and culture museum and library in Yogyakarta. The museum contains the most complete collection of Javanese artifacts, after the National Museum in Jakarta. In addition to ceramics of the Neolithic era and bronze sculptures from the 8th century, the museum also includes collections of wayang (shadow puppets), various ancient weapons (such as keris), and Javanese masks. The museum also features nightly wayang and gamelan performances on weekends, primarily for foreign and domestic tourists.
Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian and Javanese), is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 km north of Yogyakarta which has thousands of people live in the villages as high as 1,700 m above sea level.
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