Indonesian Culture Minister Urges Museums to Digitize Collections for Better Inventory Management
Indonesian Minister of Culture, Fadli Zon, has encouraged museums across Indonesia to enhance the digitization of their historical inventory collections. This initiative, inspired by a visit to the Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (MEG) in Switzerland, aims to improve the traceability of cultural objects' origins and context, thereby strengthening research and cultural diplomacy.
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