Exhibition 230 Things in Culture 'Culture Khasanah Sumatra'

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Exhibition 230 Things in Culture 'Culture Khasanah Sumatra'. Budpar.go.id - As many as 230 cultural objects from the collection of Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, the Netherlands, the National Museum of Indonesia (MNI), Provincial Museum (North Sumatra, Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra) and Central Conservation ancient heritage (BP3) Provinces (Jambi, South Sumatra and Bengkulu, Sumatra and Riau and) exhibited in the 'Culture Khasanah Sumatra' which took place in the National Museum of Jakarta on 8 June to 8 September 2009.

Khasanah Culture Sumatara exhibition opened by the Director General of History and archeology (railroad) Depbudpar Day untoro Drajat represent Menbudpar Jero Wacik displays collections of prehistoric cultures, archaeological, numismatik, ceramics, ethnography, geography, and collection of ancient script.

According to the plan of the exhibition will be held in three locations, after three months in Jakarta (8 June-8 September) and then resumed in the city of Leiden, the Netherlands, in October to December 2009, and Singapore in 2010.

Director General of railroad Day untoro Drajat said, diangkatnya Sumatra exhibition as the theme this time because Sumatara full story melegenda. "Like the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra in addition to the strategic location at the edge lines cross trade between Persia, India, and Tingkok, also has advantages in natural resources that are important commodities such as ancient as the anchor camphor and gold," he said.

It is said, the purpose of Sumatra Khasanah Culture is to provide the general public and the intellectual property of the culture Sumatra. In addition, through the exhibition is expected to be able to increase public awareness in maintaining, protecting and preserving the culture in all Sumatara and give authority to the community to maintain on an ongoing basis.

Until now, the National Museum has a collection of cultural objects, consisting of 142,000 units a collection of seven species; prehistoric, archaeological, ceramics, numismatik and heraldry, history, ethnography and geography.