Wayang Kekayon Museum, Traditional puppet theater museum in Bantul, Indonesia

Wayang Kekayon Museum is a puppet museum on Jalan Raya Yogya–Wonosari Km 7 in Batutren, Banguntapan, Bantul. Its joglo-style complex covers about 1.1 hectares and holds 5,465 puppets of 25 types in ten exhibition units, from Yogyakarta and Surakarta-style Wayang Purwa to Wayang Klithik, Golek Menak, masks and contemporary puppets from Thailand, America and India.

Psychiatrist Soejono Prawirohadikusumo conceived the museum after a 1966-1967 stay in Groningen, where Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum director told him Yogyakarta lacked a wayang museum. The Kekayon Social Foundation founded it by notarial deed on 23 July 1990, and Governor Paku Alam VIII inaugurated it on 5 January 1991. Its joglo-style complex, finished in 1987, covers about 1.1 hectares.

The museum's name comes from the Javanese word kekayon, and its gate carries a chronogram reading Kekayon (7), Siaga (8), Angsti (9), Wiyata (1), marking 1987 as the year the complex was completed. Among the displays are Wayang Suluh figures, used to recount Indonesia's independence struggle, and Wayang Gedhog, which tells the story of Dewi Candrakirana.

The museum is located about eight kilometers from Yogyakarta center and is easily accessible by public transportation or taxi. Visitors should plan for one to two hours to walk through the displays comfortably.

The museum's collection numbers 5,465 puppets in 25 types, and among its highlights is a set of 100 leather Kurawa figures. Another unusual item lets visitors match their zodiac sign with a wayang character.