Trisakti Museum

Trisakti University students clashing with police forces during the Indonesian riots of May 1998.

Trisakti Museum or May 12 Tragedy Museum is a human rights museum in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum documents the active role of the Indonesian student college at Trisakti University in fighting for democracy and human rights.[1]

The museum briefly tells about four students who were shot on May 12, 1998.[2] In the museum there are short articles, a collection of news from newspapers, ornaments, demonstration photographs, photographs of the deceased and their relics.[2]

History

Trisakti Museum was established with the background of the Indonesian student college movement in 1998, while the student college across Indonesia held a rally to demand reform.[3] The student college in Trisakti University, as a part of the student college in Indonesia as a whole, participated in a peaceful protest movement.[3] The movement reach its peak when four students at Trisakti University were killed on May 12, 1998.[3] This incident triggered the fall of Orde Baru.[3] To commemorate the tragedy, the museum was located in the lobby of the Dr Syarif Thajeb building, on the campus of Trisakti University, Grogol, West Jakarta.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Museum Trisakti Saksi Sejarah Reformasi". tribunnews.com. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Museum 12 Mei". dentistrisakti.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Festival Museum 2010". Trisakti University. Retrieved 10 May 2014.