Kartini Museum stands near Jepara's central square and tells the story of Raden Adjeng Kartini, the Javanese aristocrat whose letters became a landmark in Indonesian arguments for women's education. She was born in Jepara in 1879, and the town still treats her as its defining historical figure.
The displays are modest, but the context matters. Visit before you walk the rest of town and Jepara becomes more than a furniture stop or ferry port.