Exploring the Roles of Heritage Museums in Promoting Intangible and Tangible Heritage in Kelantan (Meneroka Peranan Muzium Warisan dalam Mempromosikan Warisan Tidak Ketara dan Ketara di Kelantan)
Abstract
Malaysia is committed to preserving heritage buildings into heritage museums for documentation and education. Heritage museums could promote tangible and intangible heritage through its interior appearances and exhibitions. The Jahar Palace of Kelantan is a heritage palace that remains intact, and its space functions are still recognised even after being converted into a museum. This palace promotes intangible heritage and plays the role of the Kelantan Royal Traditions and Customs Museum. Four essential components that need to be focused by heritage museums are preserving the building’s history, preserving the authenticity of the historic building, preserving the initial space function, and preserving the exhibition contents of space. This paper aims to raise awareness of the value of tangible and intangible heritage in heritage museums. This paper is qualitative research adapting the case study method. Observation on-site, measured drawings, documents study and site tour, were some of the approaches that have been applied to obtain the data. The photographic mapping technique using the historic photograph, sketches, drawings, books, and journals were applied to investigate the origin of the building space. The data was analysed and presented in table form to differentiate the pattern of findings. The results indicated that the roles of heritage museums are required not only to display historical object but also to communicate the significance of the historic building. In other sense, the display of the building and its contents would indirectly act as an exhibit resource in promoting intangible and tangible heritage.
Keywords: role; heritage museum; tangible; intangible; heritage.
Abstract
Malaysia berusaha untuk memelihara bangunan warisan menjadi muzium warisan untuk tujuan dokumentasi dan pendidikan. Muzium warisan boleh mempromosikan warisan ketara dan tidak ketara melalui penampilan dalaman dan pameran. Istana Jahar Kelantan adalah istana warisan yang masih utuh dan fungsi ruang masih dikenali walaupun telah diubah menjadi muzium. Istana ini mempromosikan warisan tidak ketara dan memainkan peranannya sebagai Muzium Adat Istiadat Diraja Kelantan. Empat perkara penting yang perlu difokuskan oleh muzium warisan adalah memelihara sejarah bangunan, memelihara keaslian bangunan bersejarah, memelihara fungsi asal ruang, dan memelihara kandungan ruang pameran. Makalah ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesedaran mengenai nilai warisan ketara dan tidak ketara dalam muzium warisan. Kertas kerja ini adalah penyelidikan kualitatif di mana kaedah kajian kes digunakan. Pemerhatian di tapak, lukisan terukur, kajian dokumen dan lawatan tapak adalah beberapa pendekatan yang telah digunakan untuk mendapatkan data. Teknik pemetaan fotografi dengan menggunakan gambar bersejarah, lakaran, lukisan, buku dan jurnal digunakan untuk menyiasat ruang asal bangunan. Data dianalisis dan disampaikan dalam jadual analisis untuk membezakan corak penemuan. Sebagai penemuan, peranan muzium warisan diperlukan bukan sahaja untuk memaparkan objek sejarah tetapi juga untuk menyampaikan kepentingan bangunan bersejarah mereka. Dalam erti kata lain, apabila bangunan dan kandungannya menjadi paparan, secara tidak langsung ia menjadi sumber pameran dalam mempromosikan warisan tidak ketara dan ketara.
Kata kunci: peranan; muzium warisan; ketara; tidak ketara; warisan
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