Post-Earthquake Cultural Resource Documentation Trip to Yogyakarta

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“My wife died due to the tectonic earthquake on 29 May 2006. Please help me”

These were the words scribbled on the placard.

Learn more about the experience of Mun Wye and Zuraidah of Heritage Conservation Centre as they took part in a documentation and inventorisation exercise for the cultural and heritage assets in post-quake Yogyakarta, organised by the Cultural Research and Development Centre (Indonesia).

On 18 July 2006, Zuraidah and Mun Wye shared their experience with staff from NHB and members of the Museum Roundtable.

Presenters Zuraidah and Mun Wye from the Heritage Conservation Centre…

… and their audience

Their mission in Yogyakarta was to document the loss of cultural artefacts…

Damaged possessions of the royal family in the palace of Pakualaman

cottage industries…

Batik Products

Buddhist sculptures

Metal Crafting

and cultural monuments.

The Imogiri tombs before the quake

The Imogiri tombs after the quake

At the end of the exercise, a substantional database of over 4,000 images was built up.

Mun Wye and Zuraidah are very grateful and happy for the opportunity to learn from and contribute to this significant post-disaster documentation project.

See more images of their mission here.

View their presentation slides here.

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