Through Koleksi Kita, SEAMS continued its cataloguing and digitization activities in February at the Jakarta History Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics.

Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS) through the Koleksi Kita – Indonesian Museums Documentation Project, together with the National Museum of Indonesia, welcomed a delegation from the United States and the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to view the collections featured in the digital exhibition Keuneubah Aceh.

The Jakarta History Museum (MSJ) is one of the museums located in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta. The museum houses various collections related to the historical development of the city, ranging from prehistoric times to the colonial era.

The Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik houses a diverse collection of ceramics, sculptures, paintings, and sketches by prominent Indonesian artists. Among them are works by Henk Ngantung, born in Bogor on March 1, 1921. He also served as Governor of Jakarta from 1964 to 1965.

The #KoleksiKita cataloging training aimed at strengthening museum capacity in collection documentation and preservation was once again held at Museum Bahari on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.

Through the #KoleksiKita initiative, Jakarta Digital Collections (JDC) has carried out the digitization and cataloging of more than 180 objects at two museums, Museum Tekstil Jakarta and Museum Wayang Jakarta throughout December–January.

#KoleksiKita, in collaboration with the Jakarta Provincial Department of Culture through the Jakarta Digital Collections (JDC) program, organized a collection cataloging workshop at Museum Sejarah Jakarta and Museum Seni Rupa & Keramik on January 23, 2026, and February 13, 2026.

Among the traditional puppets preserved at Museum Wayang Jakarta, there is a contemporary leather puppet that records the narrative of the Indonesian people’s struggle to defend their independence, known as Wayang Revolusi.

The National Museum of Indonesia (MNI) under the Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage (MCB), in collaboration with Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS) through the Koleksi Kita program (Indonesian Museums Documentation Project), held a Curatorial Seminar as well as the launch of the digital exhibition Keuneubah Aceh on the Google Arts & Culture platform at @america, Pacific Place Mall Jakarta, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.

For those wishing to explore the richness of Indonesia’s traditional textiles, the Jakarta Textile Museum is one of the most important spaces for understanding the diversity of Nusantara wastra.

On Wednesday, 7 January 2025, representatives of the SEAMS Team through Koleksi Kita conducted an online consultation session with the Tracing Patterns Foundation (TPF) to strengthen research and cataloguing efforts for the Museum Tekstil collections.

Museum Joang ’45 is one of the museums in Jakarta that houses a number of art objects created by Indonesian artists.

Jonatan Michielsz is known as one of the wealthiest members of the Mardijkers community in 18th-century Batavia. Most of his wealth came from edible bird’s nest production on his land and plantations in Citeureup, Bogor, which was highly sought after by the Chinese community as a delicacy.

#KoleksiKita, in collaboration with the DKI Jakarta Culture Office through Jakarta Digital Collections (JDC), organized a cataloging workshop at the Textile Museum as part of efforts to strengthen museum capacity in documenting and preserving collections.

#KoleksiKita, through the Jakarta Digital Collections (JDC) initiative, has carried out the digitization and cataloging of more than 160 objects across two museums: 90 objects from Museum Joang ’45 and 73 objects from Museum Taman Prasasti throughout November.

#KoleksiKita, together with the Jakarta Department of Culture through Jakarta Digital Collections (JDC), organized a collection cataloguing workshop at Museum Joang ’45 on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, marking the start of the November program series.

Through the Jakarta Digital Collections (JDC) initiative, #KoleksiKita, in collaboration with the Jakarta Department of Culture and 12 museums and galleries under its management, continued the digitization and cataloguing of collections throughout October.

From 29 September to 6 October 2025, a team from the Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage, the Ministry of Culture, and SEAMS, through the #KoleksiKita, conducted visits to several historical sites across Aceh.

SEAMS, together with several museums and cultural heritage institutions, held a workshop on developing a digital exhibition of Aceh collections in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.

Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS), in collaboration with the Jakarta Department of Culture through the #KoleksiKita program, held a cataloging workshop at the MH Thamrin Museum on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. More than 10 curators and museum staff participated in the training.

Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS), through the Koleksi Kita project, officially began its first cataloguing training at the Benyamin Suaeb Museum on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.

On Friday, 1 August 2025, curators from the National Museum of Indonesia visited the Jakarta History Museum to discuss collaboration for the pilot project on documenting Aceh collections as part of the Koleksi Kita (Indonesian Museums Documentation Project). The initiative is supported by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).

From July 29–31, 2025, the National Museum of Indonesia and the Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS) team carried out condition assessments, analysis, and digitization of over 40 significant objects as part of the Koleksi Kita (Indonesian Museums Documentation Project), supported by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).

On July 18th, 2025, the Pusat Konservasi Cagar Budaya (Centre for Conservation Jakarta) in Kota Tua, Jakarta, hosted a one-day workshop and focus group discussion (FGD) on museum cataloguing, held under the Koleksi Kita (Indonesian Museums Documentation Project) initiative. The event brought together 30 participants from 12 museums across Jakarta.

The National Museum of Indonesia today hosted the seminar “Enhancing Museum Documentation for the Preservation and Access to Cultural Collections in Indonesia”, which also marked the official launch of the Indonesian Museums Documentation Project (Koleksi Kita). This multi-year initiative is supported by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and reflects ongoing cultural cooperation between Indonesia and the United States.

The Indonesian Museums Documentation Project, supported by the United States through the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2024–2026, officially begins implementation this month. Led by the Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS), this initiative will enhance documentation systems in museums across Jakarta and at the National Museum of Indonesia (MNI).

The Jakarta Culture Office (Dinas Kebudayaan Provinsi DKI Jakarta) has officially joined the Indonesian Museums Documentation Project, a collaborative initiative supported by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and coordinated by Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS).