Asia-African Conference Museum Holds Temporary Exhibition "The Power Of Words In KAA: Committee Session Sketsa"

Plt. Director General of Information and Public Diplomacy of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Umar Hadi at the opening of the exhibition. (Source: Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

JAKARTA - The Asia Africa Conference Museum (MKAA) located on Jalan Asia Afrika, Braga, Bandung, West Java held a temporary exhibition entitled "The Power of the Word in KAA: Committee Session Sketsa" in order to interpret 70 years of the 1955 Asian Africa Conference (KAA) and 45 years of the KAA Museum.

For the first time, MKAA held an exhibition regarding the Committee's Session in KAA. At this exhibition, the public can view the archives and brief recordings of committee hearings, read excerpts from 29 participating countries, and deliver their messages.

Plt. The Director General of Information and Public Diplomacy of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Umar Hadi, emphasized the strength of the meaning of a word, at the opening of Monday's exhibition.

"The founders of the Indonesian nation chose the word 'state' in the text of the proclamation of independence of the Indonesian nation to show that the statement of independence is the right of a nation, which does not require the approval of other nations," he explained, launching a statement from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tuesday, July 8.

This Temporer Exhibition introduces the role of Indonesian diplomacy and the atmosphere of negotiations through words spoken by the KAA delegation during the trial of the Political Committee, Economic Committee, and Cultural Committee.

Visitors are invited to feel the spirit of solidarity and unity of Asia-Africa through a statement from a delegation from 29 KAA participating countries during the trial.

The leadership of Indonesian diplomacy in the 1955 KAA was also emphasized through three profiles of the committee chairman, namely Ali Sastroamidjojo (Chairman of the Political Committee Session), Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo (Chairman of the Economic Committee Session) and Muhammad Yamin (Chairperson of the Cultural Committee Session).

Through the KAA Museum archive approach, visitors are invited to enter the time machine to witness the dynamics of diplomacy in KAA 1955. During the exhibition, the public was able to watch the Bandung Specaks documentary which provides an overview of the KAA organization seven decades ago.

At the end of the exhibition, visitors were invited to leave a message via interactive media with the approach "If I were a KAA Delegation."

The opening of the Temporary Exhibition was also attended by the Director of Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Bandung City Culture and Tourism Office; family representatives Ali Sastroamidjojo, representatives of the RRT and French Cultural Centers, academics, museum practitioners, the museum community and history in Bandung and Friends of the KAA Museum.

The Temporary Exhibition will take place from July 5 to August 30, 2025 at the KAA Museum and is free to visit on the Museum's public service day (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday) at 09.00-15.00.

During the temporary exhibition, the KAA Museum prepared additional programs, in the form of special guidance on Saturday, the Mini Treasure Hunt competition, the challenge of "Take, Camera, Action!", a review of Meet the Delegates, to a quiz from Kita KAA.