When the “West” meets the “East”: School museum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
When the “West” meets the “East”: School museum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Summary/Abstract: The School Museum in Yogyakarta - Museum Pendidikan Indonesia (MPI) is the first national school museum in Indonesia. It was established on 8th of July in 2008 by the Yogyakarta State University (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta). It is very a young museum but this tells nothing about its activities and goals. MPI has great plan: it tries to present the history of education of the entire country. Behind its aim lies the official national slogan »Bhinneka Tunggal Ika«, which means “Unity in Diversity There are over 300 ethnic groups in Indonesia. As my interlocutor pointed out to strengthen national identity they have to respect diversity and give value to the cultures and education histories of each ethnic group. For now the exhibition collection is modest, but MPI is planning to conduct new researches and prepare additional exhibitions and activities. As a guest of the MPI I attended the festival of museums, which was held from 23rd to 28th of September 2012 in Yogyakarta.

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