Indonesia
ASEM CMM – Cases studies for Sutainable Management of Heritage Cities
The National Museum of Korea and Traditional Art and Ethnology Centre, Laos were selected by the Asia Europe Foundation to be featured in case studies on Museums and Public, Private partnerships in Heritage Cities. Read More
National Museum of Indonesia
The National Museum Indonesia, in Jakarta is well-known among the Indonesian people. They call it “the Elephant Museum“ (Museum Gajah) because of the large bronze statue of an elephant standing in the front. It was presented by King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Thailand) when he paid a state visit to the museum in 1871. Read More
Rethinking Museums | Oei Hong Djien Museum in Indonesia
An interview with the founder of the private Oei Hong Djien Museum in Indonesia, who has been collecting modern & contemporary Indonesian art for more than 40 years. Read More
Sacred Ikat: From Heirloom to Trade Exhibition
Ikat textiles are found in cultures all over the world. The National Textile Museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is holding an exhibition and forum to discover two ikat traditions : amongst the Ibans and the Sumbanese. Read More
Hidden Base of Borobudor
The ancient 9th century Buddhist temple site of Borobudor in central Java, Indonesia, was the focus of an ASEMUS research project first developed in 2003. Three institutions, namely the… Read More
Peranakan Research Project
The term ’Peranakan’, in Singapore, refers generally to the community of Chinese communities whose ancestors’ intermarriage with local Malays brought about a unique fusion of cultures. Peranakan Chinese culture is an example of cross-cultural fusion in South-east Asia during the colonial period, mainly in Singapore, Malacca and Indonesia. In similar ways, Chinese mestizos developed a unique cultural identity through assimilation in the Philippines. Continuing the phenomenon of cultural diasporas was the transcontinental emigration of many Peranakan Chinese communities from Indonesia to Holland in the 1950s. Read More
Exchanging Cultural Information on Islands west of Sumatra
Since the mid-19th century, mainly European researchers and collectors have gathered materials and documentation about the island of Sumatra. This project aimed to synthesise the available information on objects,… Read More
Bali on My Mind
The island of Bali in Indonesia, was the focus of exhibitions curated by two ASEMUS member museum – Bali: dancing for the gods at the Horniman museum in London… Read More
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Jeffrey Withaya Campbell
Sasiwimon Wongjarin
Valentina Riccardi