Benteng Heritage Museum

The Benteng Heritage Museum (Indonesian: Museum Benteng Heritage) is a heritage site and museum in Pasar Lama, the old market district in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Located near the river Cisadane, it is the first Indonesian museum that highlights the history and heritage of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia.[1][2]

Benteng Heritage Museum's interior

Benteng Heritage Museum is housed in a traditional, vernacular Peranakan Chinese building.[3] Built in 1684, it is one of the oldest historic structures in Tangerang, and is within walking distance of the city's oldest temple, Boen Tek Bio.[3][4]

Heritage conservation

Prior to its conversion into a museum, the original building was very poorly maintained, and was occupied by local Benteng Chinese.[5][6] Believing that the building had significant historic and cultural value, a local entrepreneur, Udaya Halim, acquired the heritage property in 2009.[5] Halim grew up in Tangerang's historic Pasar Lama area, but moved with his family to Perth, Western Australia during the Asian economic crisis.[7]

He oversaw a careful restoration of the building, returning it to its original state.[5] The process took two years.[5] Additional Peranakan Chinese decorative elements, including a partition screen, were added to enhance the Chinese-Indonesian character of the new museum.[5] All the additional decoration was based on a thorough academic study of other structures from a similar period since no data existed regarding the museum's original appearance.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Museum Benteng Heritage Tangerang". Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. Mutia Nugraheni (February 11, 2015). "Mengenal Museum Peranakan Tionghoa Satu-satunya di Indonesia".
  3. "Sekilas tentang MBH". BentengHeritage.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. Parera, Philipus (24 June 2017). "Udaya Halim: Pelestari Budaya Tionghoa Betawi". Tempo (in Indonesian). Tempo. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. "Museum Benteng Heritage, The Pearl of Tangerang". travel.kompas.com. 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  6. "Museum Ini Jadi Saksi Sejarah China Benteng Tangerang". travel.detik.com. 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  7. Bendon, Olive (July 9, 2012). "Udaya Halim, Si Anak Nakal Perekat Mata Rantai Peranakan Tionghoa Benteng". kompasiana.com (in Indonesian). Kompas. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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