National Press Monument in Solo City is the Societiet Sasana Soeka building belonging to Mangkunegaran relatives, which was built on the KGPAA Sri Mangunegoro VII initiative in 1918. Before the independence period in 1933, R.M. Ir. Sarsito Mangunkusumo has led meetings in the building that used to serve as a meeting hall of Mangkunegaran relatives. Then, the meeting gave birth to the first radio station of pribumi with the spirit of nationality called Solosche Vereeniging (SRV).
In fact, the Indonesian Wartawan Association (PWI) organization was successfully formed and was born in the building on February 9, 1946. Next, the date was commemorated as the birth day of the Indonesian Wartawan Association at the National Press Day. Meanwhile, the name of the National Press Monument was used to replace the Societiet Sasana Soeka officially characterized by the signing of the prescription by President Soeharto on February 9, 1978. Now, the National Press Monument is a Technical Execution Unit in the General Directorate of Information and Public Communications Ministry of Communication and Informatics.
So many historical events were engraved from this Monument. In a national seminar titled the Seabad Building Societeit Mangkunegaran, Easter of the Persian Competition Knitted Kebhinekaan and Enforce Pancasila, Taufiq Razen, a national culture that became a speaker, called that the National Monument Building was not just a media affair.
The driver crosses in front of the Solo National Press Monument Building, Central Java.
The color of reading the newspapers placed on the National Press Monument, Solo, Central Java.
?This is not only a building that stores very valuable objects. But the building is also a symbol of the ideas of Indonesia, kebhinekaan, the idea of Indonesian human culture and nationalism spirit. And the movement of the nationalism was a lot starting from Solo,? Kafiq Razen.
National Press Monument is even open for public communities who want to obtain information about the history and development of mass media in Indonesia. A variety of archives and collections began to be carried over digital by preservation conservation staff. This is as a rescue effort while allowing visitors to access digital media archives because it is not controlled physically fragile ancient archives.
Photo and Text : Maulana Surya
Diorama of national press history exhibited in Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
The conservation part of the preservation conducts the digital media collection of newspapers in the National Monument of Solo, Central Java.
Employees clean the statues of Indonesian press figures in Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
Employees of the preservation conservation section cleans the collection of newspapers when the digitalization process in Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
The visitor access information via digital media from the archive and collection of the Solo National Press Monument,Central Java.
Students observe national press history when visiting Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
Students read the newspapers together when a visit in the Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
The preservation conservation section shows the collection of newspapers in the Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
Siswa observes the collection of the newspapers of the Determined Forces exhibited in Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
Business Daily Wartawan Work Supplies, Almarhum Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin alias Udin collection of Solo National Press Monument, Central Java.
Editor : Prasetyo Utomo
