Museum Radya Pustaka Surakarta is one of the oldest museum in Indonesia and is the oldest museum in Solo. The meaning of "Government" is the radya, while "library" means a letter. The Museum was formerly a place of storage of the letters.
But as the running time of the museum there are various forms of educational and historical menginformasi the visitors. The Museum was established on 28 October 1890 in the reign of Pakubowono IX by Kanjeng Raden Adipati Sosrodiningrat IV.
This museum since 1 January 1913 moved into is located on Jalan Slamet Riyadi, the main street in the city of Solo. Its location is still a complex with Office of the Department of culture and tourism.
At that time, the building of the museum was the residence of the citizens of the Netherlands named Johannes Busselaar. Antique collection in the museum, there is a great variety of masks, sculpture, traditional clothes, shadow puppets, books and photos of the ancient, gamelan and other