This is going to be the last week we’ll be meeting in class, before we submit our finals and move on to the next semester.
Today’s class will be about Wayang batik and Keris, important pieces of Indonesian culture that we will be studying for the day.
Today’s guest speaker is actually from a famous museum that houses such things.
Our lecturer gave a short story about his childhood and what culture was like during that time as an opening before our guest speaker started speaking.
Our guest speaker was a rather old, frail-looking man with a very soft voice. It was difficult to listen to him but he seemed so kind that I can’t help but try to. He started off with a little bit about himself and the museum that he works in now.
He continued about the joys about working in a museum as well as how profitable it is to actually run a museum. It’s pretty darn profitable if you know what you’re doing
And like most businesses, there are aspects to consider when starting one such as location. Particularly important since you don’t want to open a museum about America in a place that doesn’t know or care about it.
When most people hear the word “Museum”, it’s also often related to history as well. Many museums are a place to house what once was long ago, buried under the dirt to be uncovered by archeologists. The world itself is rich in history, beautiful and mysterious. It’d be a shame if people weren’t more curious about it, they’d miss out on a lot.
You could tell if a museum was serious about its own business by the cleanliness of the interior. So well kept is a good museum that there wouldn’t even be a speck of dust anywhere to find. Understandable as some if not most of their displays are usually old and brittle, sensitive to the environment around it.
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