The Museum of Ethnology has hade a Balinese gamelan Gong Kebyar since 1996.

The group Sekar Alit (small flower) plays this set of instruments under the direction of Henry Nagelberg.
Gamelan Gong Kebyar is a collective term for an entire orchestra of different percussion instruments: genders (a type of xylophone), gongs and drums. A fast tempo, abrupt transitions and a unique dynamism are the characteristics of gamelan music. Because the genders have different tuning, there is a certain interplay that brings the tone to life. All the instruments are ornately decorated with woodcarvings of people, demons and animals from Hindu tales.

The Museum of Ethnology is privileged to have an authority on gamelan technique and music: Henry Nagelberg. He directs the group Sekar Alit, that practices in the museum every Sunday morning from 10:00 to 11:30 July and in August) which you can watch and that also performs there regularly.