Inaugurates Cipari Museum, Culture Minister asks Regional Museums to Stop Being Warehouses of Artifacts

KUNINGAN - Culture Minister Fadli Zon inaugurated the renovation of the Cipari Museum display, Kuningan, West Java, Saturday, April 4. This inauguration does not stop at the question of the exhibition room. The government wants to use the Cipari Museum as a marker of change if the museum is no longer treated as a place to store old objects, but a living space that talks to the public.

Fadli emphasized that the improvement of museums is now an urgent need. According to him, museums must be transformed into a space for dialogue, a place to learn, as well as an imagination space that makes the public connect with its history.

Therefore, the Ministry of Culture encourages a change in perspective in museum management. Visitors are not enough just to see the collection. They must be able to feel, understand, and build emotional ties with the traces of the past. In this scheme, digital technology is positioned as an important tool to make the historical narrative closer to the younger generation.

Cipari Museum holds an important position because it stores prehistoric traces that give a long perspective on the nation's journey. This site shows Indonesia formed by human experience for thousands of years, not born suddenly.

Minister of Culture Fadli hopes that the revitalization of the Cipari Museum's exhibition system can serve as an example for the other 454 museums in Indonesia, both those managed by the central government, regions, and individuals.

"Of course, in the future we hope that there will be more excavations, new findings, cooperation with researchers and archaeologists. So it will open up more space about the journey of our civilization in the past. This museum is also a museum that has been revitalized by the Cultural Preservation Agency," said Fadli.

The Ministry of Culture also prepares further steps through strengthening regulations, infrastructure investment, and collection digitization. Museums will also be more closely connected to schools, communities, and the creative industry.

The ultimate goal is that the museum is no longer a silent space, but rather a showcase of the strength of Indonesian culture that is alive and relevant to the public today.