REINVENTION OF NATIONAL PRESS MONUMENT SURAKARTA AS PUBLIC SPACE FOR EDUTAINMENT PURPOSE IN MILLENNIAL ERA

Abstract

Frequently, a museum or monument was perceived as an old ornament, a dirty place, and an uncomfortable space to be visited and stayed. There are some problems to modernize museum or monument so that it attracts public as well as encourage them to visit and stay. It commonly happens to all including press national monument in Surakarta. First, how they modernize monument so that it gets attention better. Second, in line with technological development especially information and communication technology, how monument can present its performance via technology. This article points out some efforts that were conducted by Press National Monument to reinvent and digitalize any kind of services that were given. Data collections were gathered by interviews, observations, and focus group discussions. The results showed that processes have been prevailing and trying to attain a model that systematizes all procedures or mechanisms so that the existence of monuments will be favorable as edutainment public space. Digitization was conducted to collection, procedures, and mechanisms for administration management. All were intended to grasp public attention and organization effectiveness.