Yayasan Mitra Museum Jakarta (Friends of Jakarta Museums Foundation) envisions Jakarta museums, starting with museums under the Jakarta provincial government, to become excellent centres of education, entertainment, and recreation; where citizens of and visitors to the city will be able to gain historical, artistic, and cultural knowledge and experience.

Along the way, the organization will work with stakeholders and the provincial government to aid these museums in their development towards better infrastructure, human resources, museum management, curatorial content, public programs, as well as marketing. It is our hope that these museums will be able to exist as sources of insights and inspirations for citizens and tourists alike.

As our pilot project, the Foundation has helped revitalize Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik (the Fine Arts & Ceramics Museum) in Kota Tua (the Old Town Square). The revitalization is hoped to touch every part of the museum, from infrastructure to curatorial content. Not only should the museum building boast a new visual appearance, but it would also offer enlightening programs and educational exhibitions that revel in research. Visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of experiences, ranging from leisure, entertainment, and education.

HANDAKA SANTOSA

INTAN ABDAMS KATOPPO

ITA BUDHI

JASMINE PRASETIO

JULIANTY TULUNG

KANIA AISHA PASAMAN

MAYA SUJATMIKO

MEIKE MALAON

NATASHA SIDHARTA

NINIEK L. KARIM

PATRICK OWEN

RENOLD SUTADI

RERIE LESTARI MOERDIJAT

SOEDARMADJI DAMAIS

TAZRAN TANMIZI

VERONICA TAN

WINDA MALIKA SIREGAR

From 2017 until 2019, the foundation works with 4 independent curators to establish a new Storyline for the Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik. From this, the foundation's architectural and curatorial team introduced a brand-new Exhibition Display and Passage Flow for visitors to view the permanent collection of Museum Seni Rupa and Keramik.

The new Storyline and Display Flow will be inaugurated in the "Lini Narasi Baru" exhibition will be held on October 2019.

To follow up on the success of the Pop-Up Museum foundation plans to hold a Wayang Expo, whereby different Wayang genres and Dalang (puppeteer) from the younger generation will perform.

The architectural team from the foundation have worked with the Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik team to visualize the plan for the building revitalization of the museum. The design proposed by the foundation has since been approved by Tim Sidang Pemugaran (Restoration Adjudicators Team) and Tim Ahli Cagar Budaya Jakarta (Jakarta Cultural Heritage Expert Team). As the first step of this revitalization process, the interior of the north wing of the museum has been redesigned to display the permanent collection in accordance with the new Storyline. Other areas of the museum are projected to be revitalized in the future.

The Jati Diri exhibition in 2016 was the first exhibition by the foundation which displayed 28 post-independence masterpieces from 16 Indonesian artists in the Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik's collection.

The foundation provided assistance in the inauguration of the new West Entrance and the rejuvenation of the exhibition display at the Museum Sejarah Jakarta.

The Ja(ya)karta exhibition and gala dinner in Aug 2017 were held to commemorate the bequeath of "Jayakarta" from the Balai Kota (Jakarta City Hall, the Governor's office) to the Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik, fully assisted and supported by the foundation. The colossal 2m x 12m painting by the Indonesian master Srihadi was commissioned by the then Jakarta Governor Ali Sadikin in 1975. The foundation assisted in the discovery, restoration, and transportation process of the masterpiece.

In 2017, the curatorial team from the foundation worked with the team from Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik to identify and to catalogue the 500+ fine arts pieces belonging to the museum.

We continue to provide aid and assistance in the conservation and restoration of the Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik's collection.

After the finalization of the inventory of the Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik collection, the foundation facilitated the digitalisation of the inventory system.

The foundation assisted the bequeath of a library of textile books from the collection of Mattiebelle Gittinger in early 2018 to the collection of Museum Tekstil Jakarta.

We have provided various training for volunteers and museum staff in the areas of:

In Aug 2019, the foundation exhibited curated pieces in a Wayang-themed exhibition on loan from Museum Wayang, Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik, and Museum Tekstil in an exhibition at the Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta entitled "Rasa", as part of a series of events which showcase the splendour of Indonesia's Performing Arts.