Open GLAM in Indonesia: the Current Situation of Indonesian Digital Cultural Heritage | by Biyanto Rebin | Open GLAM | Medium

"According to the 2019 edition of the Cultural Statistics book by the Ministry of Culture and Education (MCE) of Indonesia, the government records both the tangible culture (cultural heritage and museums) and intangible culture (art; history; beliefs and traditions). In 2018 Indonesia had 435 museums; 42 were general museums, the rest (393) were special museums. The government owns and manages 288 museums, while 147 are owned by private entities. Museums in Indonesia normally focus on three fields: research, education, and leisure. But most museums are focused on leisure and there are not a lot of museums doing research.

Their collections are mostly unavailable online. If you want to know more about the collections that museums steward, you need to visit the museum in person. The combination of lack of awareness about copyright and open licenses, and the traditional views that some have of the museums as being mainly a leisure place, has affected the abilities of the Open GLAM effort to grow.

The government and some government institutions have been pushing for open licensing in recent years. The government of Indonesia has actively joined the international open community. For example, now all the government data information is available on the website Open Government (data.go.id). They are also part of OER-Hub, so they need to publish their educational materials under Creative Commons licenses...."