A museum is a place where we can learn about the culture of a place. Museums rely on their exhibition display to communicate its content. Museum exhibition displays mostly use visual media in communicating its information; they store their collections inside glass boxes, use LED screens, visual projections, and so on. Then how museums can be adapted to be more inclusive to blind visitors who lost their sight? This paper investigates the museum exhibition display, that took place in Bank Indonesia Museum, in its ability to give information to blind visitors. The author observed the existing of Bank Indonesia Museum Exhibition to know what kind of display that they use. Furthermore, to acknowledge if the exhibition can give information for blind visitors, the author experienced visiting the exhibition as a blind visitor. Lastly, the author analysed if it is inclusive and informative or not based on the theories. Based on the studies that have been done by the author, museum exhibition display has to provide medias that can help blind visitors get the information provided such as audio and touch medias, considering the ability of blind visitor to get information from hearing and touching.
The abundance of natural resources has influenced the cultural landscape of Muntok. It is blessed with hills, forests, rivers, and beaches that attracted people of various cultural backgrounds to settle. Besides its unique landscape, Muntok was famous for its commodities such as tin and pepper in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Malay, Chinese, European, and Arab clusters are the legacy of the commodities trade in Muntok. However, nowadays, the landscape is polluted by illegal tin mining. If this practice continues, it will further destroy the environment and Muntok’s cultural heritage. This paper investigates Muntok’s tangible and intangible values as a cultural landscape after the golden era of tin mining using a qualitative research methodology. This paper maps Muntok’s natural landscape from the hills to the shore, especially focusing on water-related aspects of the landscape. A series of in-depth interviews with locals forms the basis for a discussion of lost intangible values due to the destruction of the natural landscape. As a preliminary study, this paper proposes policy recommendations on conservation and development planning in Muntok. The paper also highlights Muntok’s potential to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in the future.
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