Gedung Sate, Java, Indonesia

4christinelovelyred 5:00 PM Feb 11, 2020

Done within 10 minutes!
In visiting Gedung Sate, take a picture of the whole building in front then ask the guards for the way going to the Gedung Sate Museum. The building facade looks nice in picture but you wouldn't be able to get inside and take a look of the historical buding. The museum is modernized and it's quite small that we finished our tour in 10 minutes. You can book your tickets online but I think if it's off peak season you can just go directly to the museum and pay your tickets there. One person costs only 5,000 Indonesian rupiah. There's also a cafe inside. We enjoyed their coffee, pastries and staff better than the museum itself. The Geology museum is also nearby. 5-10minute walk. I suggest you visit it first because it closes at 2pm while the Gedung Sate museum closes at 4pm.

3ADB000 5:00 PM Mar 14, 2023

Gedung Sate and Gedung Sate Museum
This should really be shown as two separate items for review. First, there is Gedung Sate; an interesting old building with some Art-Deco aspects we were able to see (from the outside) both by day and at night. It is not open to the public. A word of warning - access was not allowed from Jalan Diponegoro during our daytime visit. We were able to use a gateway there at night to take pics, and we were able to exit the same way during our visit the next day. Entry is via Jalan Chilaki and then THROUGH the Post Office building! The Gedung Sate Museum has a Rp5,000 entry fee. Hardly a king's ransom but there is little to see, many ground-floor level areas are set aside as offices and are not accessible. No other levels of the building were open to the public.