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Title: Museum Puri Lukisan 2026: Hours, Tickets & What to See Asia Art Museum ⏱ 1.5 hours # Museum Puri Lukisan [Ubud](https://worldmuseumguide.org/countries/indonesia/ubud/) · [Indonesia](https://worldmuseumguide.org/countries/indonesia/) · Founded 1956 [Baca dalam Bahasa Indonesia →](https://worldmuseumguide.org/id/museums/museum-puri-lukisan/) ![Museum Puri Lukisan in Ubud, Indonesia](https://worldmuseumguide.org/images/museum-puri-lukisan.webp) Photo: [Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puri_Lukisan_Museum_(17032156926).jpg) · [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Opened 1956 Pitamaha founded 1936 Gallery buildings 4 Recommended Visit 1.5 hours ## Quick answer Museum Puri Lukisan on Ubud's main street opened in 1956 and is the oldest art museum in Bali, founded by Ubud's royal family and the Dutch painter Rudolf Bonnet to keep the best Balinese painting and woodcarving on the island. Open daily, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Admission: Rp95,000 per adult; children under 15 free when accompanied by an adult. Allow 1.5 hours. Visitor information last reviewed 1 September 2026. Check the official museum site for current details. ## Museum Puri Lukisan at a glance: hours, tickets and time needed - **Opening hours:** Daily: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM - **Admission:** Rp95,000 per adult; children under 15 free when accompanied by an adult - **Free or reduced entry:** Children under 15 accompanied by an adult: free (not valid for group visits) - **Booking:** Tickets usually available on the day - **Time needed:** 1.5 hours - **Best time to visit:** Come at the 9 AM opening or after 3 PM; late morning to mid-afternoon is busiest, and the main road outside is most congested around midday. - **Getting there:** Walk: About 300 m west of Ubud Palace along Jalan Raya Ubud — enter through the tall split gate on the north side of the road - **Address:** Jalan Raya Ubud, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571, Indonesia - **Official website:** purilukisanmuseum.com Checked 2026-09-01 against [the official website](https://www.purilukisanmuseum.com/museum-puri-lukisan.html). Prices and hours change — confirm before you travel. ## What is Museum Puri Lukisan known for? Museum Puri Lukisan — the name means 'palace of paintings' — grew out of the Pitamaha artists' association, founded in 1936 by the Ubud royal brothers Tjokorda Gde Agung Sukawati and Tjokorda Gde Raka Sukawati with the painters Rudolf Bonnet and Walter Spies. As fine Balinese work increasingly left the island with collectors, the Ratna Wartha Foundation was set up in 1953 to build a museum that would keep the best art in Bali. The foundation stone was laid in 1954, and the museum opened on 31 January 1956, with Tjokorda Gde Agung Sukawati as director and Bonnet as curator. The museum stands in a landscaped garden a short walk west of the Ubud Palace, entered through a tall split gate on the north side of Jalan Raya Ubud. Its buildings follow Balinese forms: Bonnet produced the museum's design, and the artist and architect I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, who designed palaces and temples around Ubud, also designed parts of the complex and painted murals at the entrance to the North Building. Four gallery buildings are arranged around the garden, and the grounds also hold a restaurant, workshop space and a shop. The collection covers Balinese painting and woodcarving from the 1930s onward, representing the Sanur, Batuan, Ubud, Young Artists and Keliki schools. The North Building's Pitamaha Gallery holds modern traditional painting of 1930–1945 and the museum's Lempad collection; the West Building's Ida Bagus Made Gallery shows works from the painter's estate; the East Building's Wayang Gallery presents wayang-style painting; and the South Building's Founders Gallery tells the museum's history and hosts temporary exhibitions. Sculpture includes the elongated, dreamlike carvings of Ida Bagus Nyana. Puri Lukisan has staged scholarly exhibitions, including Pioneers of Balinese Painting in 2008, with loans from Leiden, and a 2014 survey of Lempad's work drawing on collections worldwide. For visitors it is the most central of Ubud's art museums, about 300 metres west of the palace and the Ubud Market crossroads, so it is easy to fit between other sights. The official site lists admission at Rp95,000 per adult, with under-15s free when accompanied, and opening hours of 9 AM to 6 PM daily. Best for: Art Lovers · First-timers · Culture seekers ## How long do you need at Museum Puri Lukisan? Allow **1.5 hours**. A clockwise loop through the four gallery buildings, starting with the Pitamaha masters. Follow the stops in order: 1. ### Pitamaha Gallery and Lempad collection 📍 North Building Start with the pre-war works of 1930–1945 and Lempad's drawings, including The Dream of Dharmawangsa; note his murals at the entrance. 2. ### Ida Bagus Made Gallery 📍 West Building Paintings from the estate of Ida Bagus Made, a devout Ubud painter whose widow loaned about 100 works to the museum. 3. ### Wayang Gallery 📍 East Building Wayang-style paintings show the classical narrative tradition that underlies modern Balinese art. 4. ### Founders Gallery 📍 South Building Learn how the royal family and Rudolf Bonnet created the museum, and see the current temporary exhibition. 5. ### Garden 📍 Museum grounds End with a stroll through the garden between the pavilions before returning to Jalan Raya Ubud. ## What are the must-see works at Museum Puri Lukisan? 5 highlights that define the collection: The Dream of Dharmawangsa, Balinese Market, The Birth of Hanuman and more. 1 ### The Dream of Dharmawangsa I Gusti Nyoman Lempad 📍 Pitamaha Gallery (North Building) One of the museum's masterpieces, rendered in Lempad's unique linear style — the Ubud master, who lived to over a hundred, also designed parts of the museum itself. 2 ### Balinese Market Anak Agung Gde Sobrat Shown at the museum's opening in 1956, this crowded market scene reveals Rudolf Bonnet's influence on Sobrat's figure composition; its colours have faded with age. 3 ### The Birth of Hanuman I Gusti Made Deblog · 1936 A drawing of a lush forest where nymphs and forest dwellers bring offerings to the newborn monkey hero; it was presented to the museum by the chairman of the Ford Foundation. 4 ### The Priest Dharmaswami Ida Bagus Gelgel · 1935 Painted in natural dyes on paper, it shows the grateful monkey, snake and tiger bringing gifts to the priest who rescued them from a well; Gelgel won a silver medal in Paris in 1937. 5 ### Goddess Pertiwi (Mother Earth) Ida Bagus Nyana · woodcarving Nyana's surreal woodcarving of the earth goddess, with spidery legs and a coiled serpent, shows the fluid, elongated forms that made him one of Bali's great modern sculptors. ## Collections and highlights - • Pre-war Pitamaha paintings (1930–1945) - • I Gusti Nyoman Lempad drawings - • Ida Bagus Made estate collection - • Wayang-style painting - • Ubud, Batuan, Sanur, Young Artists and Keliki schools - • Balinese woodcarving - • Temporary exhibitions ## Tips for visiting Museum Puri Lukisan 1. ### Best time to visit Come at the 9 AM opening or after 3 PM; late morning to mid-afternoon is busiest, and the main road outside is most congested around midday. 2. ### Tickets & booking Buy at the gate — Rp95,000 per adult (official rate), under-15s free with an adult. Groups arrange visits and discounts through the inquiry form on purilukisanmuseum.com. 3. ### Accessibility The four galleries are separate buildings around a garden, linked by outdoor paths with some steps; contact the museum in advance about wheelchair access. 4. ### Photography rules No photography policy is published on the official site; ask at the ticket desk and keep flash off near the fragile pre-war works on paper. ## How do you get to Museum Puri Lukisan? - walk About 300 m west of Ubud Palace along Jalan Raya Ubud — enter through the tall split gate on the north side of the road - taxi Taxi or ride-hail to Jalan Raya Ubud; from Ngurah Rai International Airport allow 1–1.5 hours - car Museum car park reached through the split gate on Jalan Raya Ubud Address: Jalan Raya Ubud, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571, Indonesia ## Museum Puri Lukisan: frequently asked questions ### How much does Museum Puri Lukisan cost? The official website lists admission at Rp95,000 per adult, with children under 15 free when accompanied by an adult; the free-child policy does not apply to groups. Some third-party listings describe cheaper entry-only tickets or packages with a drink or meal at the museum café, so confirm the current options at the ticket desk. Groups should arrange visits and discounts through the museum's inquiry form. ### What are the opening hours? The official website gives opening hours of 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily. Some travel listings quote a 5 PM closing time, so arriving by mid-afternoon is the safe choice. As with every attraction on Bali, the museum does not open on Nyepi, the Balinese Day of Silence, which usually falls in March. ### Where is Museum Puri Lukisan? The museum is on Jalan Raya Ubud, Ubud's main street, about 300 metres west of the Ubud Palace and the market at the Monkey Forest Road junction. Look for the tall split gate and wooden sign on the north side of the road, which also marks the entrance to the museum car park. From anywhere in central Ubud it is an easy walk. ### What was the Pitamaha movement? Pitamaha was an artists' association founded in Ubud in 1936 by Tjokorda Gde Agung Sukawati, his brother Tjokorda Gde Raka Sukawati and the painters Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet. It encouraged Balinese painters and carvers to develop new subjects and techniques while keeping their own identity. Pre-war work from 1930 to 1945 forms the core of the museum's Pitamaha Gallery. ### What are the highlights of the collection? Seek out I Gusti Nyoman Lempad's drawing The Dream of Dharmawangsa, Anak Agung Gde Sobrat's Balinese Market (shown at the museum's 1956 opening), I Gusti Made Deblog's Birth of Hanuman, Ida Bagus Gelgel's The Priest Dharmaswami and Ida Bagus Nyana's surreal woodcarving of the goddess Pertiwi. The Ida Bagus Made Gallery and the Wayang Gallery round out the story. ### How long should I spend at Puri Lukisan? Plan 1.5 hours for the highlights of Museum Puri Lukisan. Our 5-stop route — Pitamaha Gallery and Lempad collection, Ida Bagus Made Gallery, Wayang Gallery and more — is designed to fit that time. Add extra time for temporary exhibitions, the shop and the café. ### Can I combine Puri Lukisan with other Ubud museums? Yes. Puri Lukisan, Neka Art Museum and ARMA together give a full picture of Balinese painting. Puri Lukisan is in the centre, Neka lies north-west in Sanggingan and ARMA south in Pengosekan, so a good plan is Puri Lukisan in the morning, Neka after lunch (last entry 4:30 PM) and ARMA another day, staying for its 7 PM dance show. ### Is Museum Puri Lukisan open on Mondays? Yes — Museum Puri Lukisan is open every day of the week, including Mondays and Sundays: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Check the official website for holiday hours. ### Is Museum Puri Lukisan free to visit? Not for everyone. Standard admission: Rp95,000 per adult; children under 15 free when accompanied by an adult. Free or reduced entry: Children under 15 accompanied by an adult: free (not valid for group visits). Plan your visit Admission Rp95,000 per adult; children under 15 free when accompanied by an adult Hours Daily: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM [Official website & tickets](https://www.purilukisanmuseum.com/) [View on Google Maps →](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-8.5051,115.2603) We don't sell tickets or take commission — links go to the museum. 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