JAKARTA - Minister of Culture (Menbud) Fadli Zon encouraged the Kuningan Regency to immediately repair its museums and cultural heritage so that they do not stop being mere historical traces. In a meeting with the Regent of Kuningan Dian Rachmat Yanuar at the Ministry of Culture Office, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 11, the main attention focused on revitalizing museums, strengthening historical narratives, to mapping cultural assets.
Fadli assessed that Kuningan has strong capital to grow as an important cultural pocket in West Java. This area has a large heritage of cultural objects and non-objects, ranging from the Seren Taun customary ceremony, the Cipari Archaeological Site, Graha Wangi, Sutan Syahrir House, to the Linggarjati Negotiation Building Museum.
According to Fadli, the strength of Kuningan is precisely in the historical traces that can still be read and maintained. Therefore, existing cultural assets need to be arranged more seriously so that they are not just a place to stop by, but really provide a complete historical experience for visitors.
Special attention was given to the Linggarjati Negotiating Building Museum. Fadli encouraged the mapping of the collection to be displayed so that the museum's storyline would be stronger and not disconnected from its historical context. He also proposed that sketches of Henk Ngantung's work during the Linggarjati Agreement be displayed to enrich the museum's content.
"One of the famous painters, Henk Ngantung, also made sketches when the Linggarjati Agreement took place. Henk Ngantung came and painted the participants of the Linggarjati Agreement who were present, making sketches on the spot," said Fadli.
The Regent of Kuningan Dian Rachmat Yanuar stated that the preservation of cultural assets is an important part of maintaining the historical identity and identity of the region. He said that Kuningan has a cultural depth that can still be continued to be worked on for cultural development as well as the regional economy.
"Some of the things we will do are the revitalization of cultural heritage, the digitization of museum collections, and the mapping of data on cultural development objects," said Dian.
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