Background
Yogyakarta is a special region in Indonesia. It’s not too wide but has a big name. in historical process for Independent of Republic Indonesia, when Yogyakarta is under Sultan Hamengku Buwana IX, he took an important role, though Yogyakarta had been a capital of RI. Yogyakarta is the center city of education, on where there are an oldest and big state owned university since independent day (UGM), and has many private universities. Meanwhile, the city has a fine art institute which its own characteristic as the culture of Yogyakarta. By this city also, born some maestros of art, so that it’s called as artists city. In the term of tourism, Yogyakarta is one of tourist destination except Bali.
More than that predicates, actually Yogyakarta is a city of culture. Even before reformation era than an autonomy era, Yogyakarta become national barometer culture. It’s deserve if Yogyakarta is called culture city, because Yogyakarta is the center of Javanese culture except Surakarta. Previously, the city named Nagari Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. It was born as the result from Giyanti Treaty, 1755, in which Mataram is divided into Kasunanan Surakarta Hadiningrat and Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. Based on the long history background, Yogyakarta is still exist as a principality which has a kingdom and its king, supported by Kadipaten , a princedom. thus Yogyakarta become center of Javanese culture. Beside, Yogyakarta surrounded by archaeological sites in the Classic Era, such Prambanan and Borobudue temple which is one of the wonder world.
As the capital of province, Yogyakarta probably is smaller city then others, ex: Semarang, Bandung, Surabaya that have many infrastructure and buildings heritage in Dutch colonial era. But based on the region, Yogyakarta is not too wide than its grandeur name, yet the condition of Yogyakarta is consideration in national scale because of its culture and history
As a culture city, the atmosphere of Yogyakarta representatives the heritage of Javanese culture, that can be seen in daily lifes of its people. Yet, the heritage culture is intangible that tendency susceptible to fade and rare. Which kraton as the center of culture has rules that become constrain for common to participate in culture preservation, because some culture heritage were not allowed to be performed in to another place of kraton, and it’s closed behind the kraton’s wall. Though its really need their participation to continue civilization both in daily life and saved in central of cultures city. Neither the heritage which is tangible, for examples: central of culture, kraton and some maintenance artifacts which are pressured by the modernity of city.
By the archeology, the artifacts in Mataram Islam era is not more glorious and wealth than archeological sites in Classic era. The glory of Mataram Islam only left behind the artifacts of buildings, such as kraton, mosque, or royal cemetery that were built based on Javanese philosophy. The civilization in early Mataram Islam era still be influenced by the civilization in the Classic era. But when the colonialism has came, the civilization’s began to be influenced by western. It can be seen by the things from Europe, like household furnishings, dishes, etc.
Together with Islamic influence that more stronger in which the civilization has not reflected on something for worship equipment. Thus civilization works in Islamic era was more dominated by works that has intangible character for example: ethic, life philosophy, music, literature, morals, or batik.
Therefore, it’s absolutely needed an institution which is able to present culture heritage in intangible character, exactly, or tangible character without any border. It’s customary if the institution is represented by a museum which is appropriate as its function. Hoped that the museum presented a history heritage, art, and, culture. By his complexity, Yogyakarta really need that institution. Thus, Ullen Sentalu Museum has came with some concepts which has been planned to realize the culture heritage “tangible” through the rules of its museum.
Based on the ICOM definition that a museum is suppose to be a permanent institution without profit which conserves and displays for purposes of study , education, and pleasure collections of objects of cultural or scientific significance.
Ullen Sentalu Museum is planned as a museum which present the cultures heritage which is intangible or hidden behind the kraton’s wall because of the prevailing laws. Even some culture heritage has came fade and threatened with extinct. Those are came by the “fine art” works. It means, an arts that realize free and display the culture heritage that is tangible to be communicated. The museum choose fine arts to realize and reconstruct the culture heritage by the reason that this arts can realize the documented works which didn’t be documented yet, except literature, especially in Mataram Islam era. The excess of fine arts that are began from Renaissance era in Europe is able to present the reality in accordance with the appreciation of arts right now. Thus it’s easy to communicate the subject matter of Museum’s object .
By those concept and supported by the elder of culture’s doers, the Museum is more free to realize fine art. These aren’t only represent Javanese culture in Yogyakarta but include the entire of Mataram culture heritage. Though through its Museum’s fine arts has realized culture and history of Mataram from 4 kraton (Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta-Kasunanan Surakarta- Puro Pakualaman-Istana Mangkunegaran), beside that, the museum has “window” concept that express civilization process. By those opuses which are displayed, has opened a space to enter civilization process, than can explore time and space from Mataram Islam era. Even can flashed back through Classic era.
So that the Javanese art and culture of Ullen Sentalu Museum has point of view as the window of art heritage wealth, culture and history from the civilization. It is represented by Mataram dynasty and to legacy the beauty of that culture heritage to the next generation.
The mission of its museum is to realize and communicate the art heritage and Javanese culture that threatened extinct thus rise the pride of people about its culture’s identity.
Based on the property, Ullen Sentalu Museum is a private museum which the Haryono as the initiator. The museum is under an Ulating Blencong foundation, as the advisors are The King of Kasunanan Surakarta Hadiningrat: I.S.K.S Paku Buwana XII, the king of Pakualaman:KGPAA. Paku Alam VIII, the brother of Sultan HB IX : GPBH Poeger, the daughter of queen Mangkunegara VII: GRAy. Siti Nurul Kmaaril Ngasarati Kusumawardhani, the former President’s wife : Mrs. Hartini Sukarno, and KP. DR. Samuel Wedyadiningrat, DSB.Konk.
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