Museum

Christy Evrilista N. 174214092

Rut Gracia G. L. 174214106
Ilham Muhammad R. 174214125

Cultural Studies D
 MUSEUM
The word museum comes from the Greek
word mouseion. In ancient Greece the
mousein was the temple of the Muses, the
goddesses of arts and sciences.
Museum is an institution where artistic,
cultural, historical, and educational
materials are exhibited to the public.
The materials available for observation and
study are called a collection.
A collection may include scientific
specimens, works of art and exhibits and
information on history or tech­nology.
There are five main kinds of museums
namely;
1. art museums,
2. history museums,
3. applied science museums,
4. natural science museums and
5. general museums.
 MUSEUM

1. Art Museum :
A museum that specializes in works
of art ranging from paintings,
drawings, sculptures, photographs,
and others, which are separated
into different smaller spaces called
galleries.

2. History Museum:
History museum is often used for a
wide variety of museums where
collections are amassed and, in
most cases, are presented to give a
chronological perspective.
 MUSEUM

3. Applied Science Museum :

A museum for excellence and
innovation in applied arts and
sciences.

4. Natural Science Museum:

The museum of Natural Sciences is
the institution that related with the
natural world
 MUSEUM

5. General Museum:
General museums hold collections
inmore
than one subject and are therefore
sometimes known as
multidisciplinary or
interdisciplinary museums.
LAWANG SEWU
Reasons of Choosing the Topic
(Lawang Sewu Museum)

● One of the most visited museum in Indonesia

● Well-known as museum with a thousand doors
● Serves many relics / remains of first period of
indonesian railways
● Has been through two colonial periods: Dutch and
Japanese period.
 Lawang Sewu

The name Lawang Sewu is taken

from Javanese language. The word
lawang means door, and the word
sewu means a thousand.

Lawang Sewu, an old Dutch

heritage building, was used as the
center of a railroad company by the
Dutch government.
 Behavior / Identity

● It was operated as a central

office of dutch private railway
company, namely Nederlands
Indische Spoorweg Maatschappj
(NIS). Then it was converted as
administration office
● After it was left by NIS, the
building was often used by
Dutch and Javanese army as a
prison and as a place for
interrogation.
 Behavior/Identity
● Lawang Sewu was ever used as kantor
Eksploitasi Tengah Djawatan Kereta Api
Repoeblik Indonesia (DKARI), which
nowadays known as PT. KERETA API
INDONESIA (KAI)
● It was the battlefield of Angkatan Muda
Kereta Api (AMKA) against Kempeitai and
Kidobutai in the Battle of Five Days in
Semarang (14-19 oktober 1945).
● Due to its high history value, this place,
therefore, was decided to be converted to
a museum and recommended traveling
destination
 Nederlands Indische Spoorweg
Maatschappj (NIS)

In the first period of Lawang Sewu, itu

was used by dutch as the headquarters of
private railway company, NIS. This was
the place where locomotives and trains
produces by NIS were maintenanced.

The reason why this place was built is due

to the dutch’s aim to build railways to
connect Semarang, Surakarta, and
Yogyakarta and due to the territory, which
was quite strategic to monitor dutch army
movements.
 Administration Office

In this moment, Lawang sewu, which

used as the headquarters of NIS was
converted to Administration office
due to the increasing number of the
employees from time to time. This
was the reason why Lawang Sewu
was converted as administration
office under NIS.
 Japanese Prison

After it was converted to administration

office, during japanese colonization, it was
again converted to a prison

The reason why Lawang sewu was taken over

and used by javanese as a prison by Japanese
is to persecute the enemies of the japanese
colonial (the indonesian independence
soldier) and to make lawang sewu as their
headquarters
 The Office of Djawatan Kereta Api
Repoeblik Indonesia (DKARI)

Since the Independence day of Indonesia,

Lawang Sewu was taken over by
Indonesian Army and later it was returned
to DKARI and became the office of DKARI,

The reason of the conversion is to

advance Indonesian railways so that they
continue to grow, as it can be seen
nowadays.
 Conclusion

1. The building of Lawang Sewu has been through two colonial periods
which are Dutch and Japanese.
2. The reasons of Lawang Sewu was built because of it was used as;
a. Administration office for Nederlands Indische Spoorweg
Maatschappij (NIS)
b. Japanese Prison
c. The office of Djawatan Kereta Api Repoeblik Indonesia (DKARI)
1. Due to its historical value, then, Lawang Sewu is considered and
decided as a museum.
2. The historical background and the behavior of Lawang Sewu is the
identity of Lawang Sewu as a museum.