Kretek Museum, Local museum in Kudus, Indonesia
The Kretek Museum is a local museum in Kudus dedicated to clove cigarette production and its development. It displays handmade tools, machines from different eras, and documents showing how the industry grew across Indonesia.
The museum opened in 1986 when cigarette companies wanted to preserve traditional methods before they disappeared completely. This marked when homemade production gave way to factory manufacturing.
Clove cigarettes became woven into Indonesian daily life and social customs over generations. The displays show how this industry shaped family work and community connections across the regions.
Visit during daytime hours as the museum works best in natural light to see the tools and details clearly. The space is compact, so wear comfortable shoes since you will walk through multiple workshop areas.
The museum preserves miniature models of simple houses where families hand-rolled and packed clove cigarettes for income. These scaled-down homes reveal what daily work life looked like before factories took over.
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