Here are our top recommended resources about the history of architecture in Indonesia, and travel to the historical sites, with particular focus on Buddhist temples, monuments, and archaeological areas.
(Webliography is a word we’ve just invented to mean a bibliography of web resources…)
This is a work in progress so please send us your ideas with other sites and pages we should include.
The Top 5 Ultimate Links
- UNESCO World Heritage listings for Indonesia
- Indonesia’s Official “Wonderful Indonesia” travel website
- Indonesia at art-and-archaeology.com
- Digital Atlas of Indonesian History
- Exotissimo free PDF Indonesia guide
THE Essential Wikipedia Pages…
- Architecture of Indonesia
- Candi of Indonesia
- Buddhism in Indonesia
- Ancient monuments of Java
- Buddhist temples in Indonesia (wikipedia category list)
- Archaeological sites in Indonesia (wikipedia category list)
- List of Hindu temples in Indonesia
- List of museums and cultural institutions in Indonesia
Resources about particular places
Borobudur
- Borobudur Park, apparently official site
same or very similar: http://www.borobudurpark.com/ - Keris-Indonesia.com articles about Borobudur and others
- Borobudur introduction at Buddhanet
Wikipedia or Wikitravel articles on major sites
- Prambanan
- Candi Sari
- Candi Kalasan
- Candi Sojiwan
- Candi Pawon
- Candi Plaosan
- Candi Sewu
- Srivijaya archaeological park
More historical architecture
- The Jin De Yuan (Chinese Temple) in Jakarta
(slightly less readable official Jin De Yuan site here) - List of Buddhist temples in Jakarta
- Balinese Temples
- Bali-indonesia.com about Bali Temples
- Dieng Temples
- Gunung Padang Megalithic Site
Important Museums of Indonesia
- National Museum of Indonesia [not in English]
- The Indonesia Museum
- Jakarta History Museum
- Jakarta Fine Art and Ceramic Museum
- Museum Bahari – Maritime Museum
- Karmawibhangga Museum also known as Borobudur Museum
- Samudra Raksa Museum (at Borobudur)
Ultimate Indonesia Travel Books
- Bill Dalton’s biblically-proportioned “Indonesia” (Out of print, latest 1999, ISBN 9622176151)
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Bali & Lombok
- Simon Winchester’s “Krakatoa”
- Borobudur: Majestic Mysterious Magnificent
- send us recommendations!
Notable Commercial Travel Sites for Indonesia
- Wanderlust
- Indonesia-tourism.com
- Cox & Kings
- Remote Lands
- Abercrombie & Kent
- Khiri Travel
- Ampersand
- Intrepid
- Great Adventures
- Geckos
- Exotissimo
General Useful Articles / Pages
- About the different spellings of “Yogyakarta”
- “Buddha at the Crossroads: Buddhism in Indonesia”
- Metropolitan Museum of Art list of Indonesia artefacts
- Boundless.com article on Indonesian Art History
- V&A notes about Indonesia
- University of Texas historical map collection for Indonesia
- zum.de history of Indonesia through simplified maps
- The Indonesian Heritage Society
- Indonesia Expat magazine
see issues online here