City to hold culture expo

City to hold culture expo

JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will hold a seven-day
culture preservation exhibition at the Ancol art center starting
today.

H. Dirman Surachmat, head of the city's museum and historical
affairs office, said that the exhibition is intended to help save
the old cultural values, which are being encroached upon by
development.

"The preservation of old cultural values is vital because the
achievements of this era cannot be separated from our age-old
cultures," he said.

Dirman said that the exhibition, which is held in conjunction
with the commemoration of the 66th anniversary of Youth Pledge
Day, will display various collections owned by the city's
museums, ranging from historical collections of Sunda Kelapa,
photographs on heroism taken during the Indonesian struggle
between 1945 and 1947, wayang, to various types of the country's
textile designs.

He said that the number of museums under the supervision of
his office total seven, including Museum Sejarah, Museum Wayang,
Museum Juang and Museum Tekstil.

The seven museums are visited by an average of 6,500 people
per month, of which 4,300 visit Museum Sejarah. (hhr)