Virtual Museum Development & Digitizing Object Collection at Sri Baduga Museum

Published on Saturday, 11 August 2018 14:23

In the August 2015 we had activities at Sri Baduga Museum West java. Sri Baduga Museum is managed by the government of West Java Province by utilizing the old building of the former Kawedanan Tegallega. Furthermore, the museum was inaugurated on June 5, 1980 by the Minister of Education and Culture at the time, Daoed Joesoef. At first the museum was called the West Java Province State Museum. But then, renamed the Sri Baduga Museum. The naming of the museum was taken from the title of one of the Pajajaran kings who carried out the duties in 1482-1521 AD; as written on the Batutulis Inscription. And then it was determined through the Ministry of Education and Culture number 02223/0/1990 dated April 4, 1990. The Sri Baduga Museum Collection is more than six thousand pieces.

In the era of digital information technology, its use for museums now has a very important function and role. With the aim to further disseminate knowledge as well as promotion to the entire Indonesian nation which is spread on several islands, especially outside Java and also internationally.

Museum Collections Type

The collection can be categorized into ten types:

1. Geology, containing a collection of geological fields, including rocks, minerals, fossils, and items made naturally.

2. Biology, containing a collection of biological sciences, in which there are skulls, plants, animals, both fossilized and intact.

3. Ethnography, containing collections from the field of anthropology, is a product of culture or describes the identity of a nation.

4. Archaeological, namely the results of ancient cultures, especially those related to archeology.

5. History, which is a collection that has historical value and is the object of historical research.

6. Numisamatika / -heraldika, which is a legal collection of currency or currency. Heraldika is all official marks, symbols and epistles (including stamps and stamps).

7. Philology, which is a collection related to philology, is an ancient manuscript made of hand or manuscript.

8. Keramologika, a collection made from burned clay. It is easy to break items.

9. Fine Art, a collection that expresses human artistic experience through two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.

10. Technology, collections that draw on technological developments from traditional to modern.

Of the six thousand Sri Baduga Maharaja Museum collections in West Java, 40% of them are collections originating from the time of Chinese cultural civilization in the country. While the remaining 60% is a collection of various Indonesian civilizations. The remaining collection of Chinese civilization, including pottery, ceramics, jewelry tools, furniture, and household appliances. In fact, replicas of transportation equipment in the form of dams and carriages are the remnants of Chinese civilization when they lived in Pasundan Land.

In the era of digital information technology, its use for museums now has a very important function and role. With the aim to further disseminate knowledge as well as promotion to the entire Indonesian nation which is spread on several islands, especially outside Java and also internationally.

With just one click on the http://museumsribaduga.indonesiaheritage.org address through a browser that is connected to the internet network, anyone can easily access virtually any object and room displayed in Museum Sri Baduga without limitation of time and space.