Benteng Heritage Museum

Benteng Heritage Museum is a museum in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. It the first and the only Chinese descent museum in Indonesia and is located in Tangerang Old Market near Cisadane River.[1][2]

This museum is a restoration of a traditional Chinese building.[3] Benteng Heritage Museum is one of the oldest buildings in Tangerang city, which became the pioneer of Tangerang city center formerly called the Benteng city.[3]

History

This old building was occupied by local people. Before it was used as museum, the building was very poorly maintained.[4][5] Believing that the building was a cultural site with historic value, Udaya Halim took over the old building in 2009.[4] Immediately, he undertook a restoration process to bring the building back to its original condition.[4] That process took two years.[4] After the restoration process was complete, some Chinese decorations were added to strengthen the Chinese feel of the building.[4] The addition of a partition and extra decorations was done through research since there were no sources describing how the building used to be.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Museum Benteng Heritage Tangerang". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Mutia Nugraheni (February 11, 2015). "Mengenal Museum Peranakan Tionghoa Satu-satunya di Indonesia".
  3. 1 2 "Sekilas tentang MBH". BentengHeritage.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Museum Benteng Heritage, The Pearl of Tangerang". travel.kompas.com. 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Museum Ini Jadi Saksi Sejarah China Benteng Tangerang". travel.detik.com. 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.


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