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Berita JMM Jld 29 Bil 3 (September JABATAN MUZIUM MALAYSIA KEMENTERIAN PELANCONGAN, SENI & BUDAYA BERITA JMM JILID 29 . BIL.3/2019 . SEPTEMBER - DISEMBER ISSN 2231-8321 PAMERAN CUTAM THE GOLDEN MAN KAZAKSTAN (THE GREAT STEPPE KAZAKSTAN) PERSIDANGAN DAN MESYUARAT EKSEKUTIF ASIAN NATIONAL MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION (ANMA) KE-7, 2019 LIDAH PENGARANG Tinta Bicara Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Usaha memartabatkan bidang permuziuman ke peringkat lebih tinggi memerlukan kerjasama erat dalam kalangan negara Asia sekali gus dapat memacu kemajuan muzium pada masa akan datang. Justeru, buat julung kalinya Malaysia dipilih menjadi tuan rumah persidangan Asian National Museum Association (ANMA) yang berlangsung pada 29 hingga 31 Oktober di Hotel Priemera Kuala Lumpur. Objektif utama penganjuran mesyuarat dan persidangan ANMA ini adalah memartabatkan peranan muzium dalam kalangan masyarakat. Seramai 41 orang peserta ANMA dari 15 buah negara seperti Korea Selatan, China, Jepun, Azerbaijan, Timur Leste, Indonesia, Singapura, Filipina, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam dan Mongolia telah menghadiri mesyuarat dan membuat resolusi dalam persidangan selama tiga hari itu. Edisi kali ini juga turut memaparkan program yang dijalankan sepanjang bulan September hingga Disember 2019 seperti Perasmian Pameran The Great Steppe; Majlis Menandatangani Nota Kerjasama IPIM; Bicara Kurator Bil 3/2019; serta program Bicara@Muzium yang dianjurkan oleh muzium-muzium di bawah JMM secara berkala. Marilah kita bersama-sama berganding bahu dalam menjayakan matlamat untuk menjadikan institusi permuziuman yang profesional dan bertaraf global serta mewujudkan masyarakat yang cintakan muzium. Akhir kata, tahniah dan syabas diucapkan kepada Sidang Redaksi serta semua pihak yang gigih bagi merealisasikan Berita JMM Bil. 3/2019. Sekian. Terima kasih. “Muzium Kita Tamadun Kita” Mohd Azmi bin Mohd Yusof Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Permuziuman) Jabatan Muzium Malaysia Editorial PENASIHAT DITERBITKAN OLEH Datuk Kamarul Baharin bin A.Kasim Jabatan Muzium Malaysia Jalan Damansara KETUA EDITOR 50566 Kuala Lumpur Mohd Azmi bin Mohd Yusof Tel : (+603) 2267 1000, (+603) 2282 6255 Faks: (+603) 2282 6434 EDITOR http://www.jmm.gov.my Mohd Khairill bin Jemangin Shahrul Nizam bin Jais DICETAK OLEH Sepantas Kurnia (M) Sdn Bhd PENYELARAS Nor Hasni binti Che Hassan Berita JMM diterbitkan 4 bulan sekali. Hamidah binti Mohd Tahir Buletin ini boleh dimuat turun daripada Roseanida binti Abdul Kadir laman web JMM. FOTOGRAFI Unit Sumber Media RASIONAL GAMBAR MUKA DEPAN Persidangan dan mesyuarat eksekutif EDARAN Asian National Museums Association Unit Perpustakaan (ANMA) Ke-7, 2019. KANDUNGAN JILID 29 / BIL.3/2019 SEPTEMBER - DISEMBER 2019 04 Persidangan Dan Mesyuarat Eksekutif Asian National Museums Association (ANMA) ke -7, 2019 06 Lawatan ke Melaka Bandaraya Bersejarah sempena Persidangan dan Mesyuarat Eksekutif Asian National Museum Association (ANMA) ke-7 07 Pameran Cutam : Keunikan Kesenian Islam 08 The Golden Man Kazakhtan (The Great Steppe Kazakhtan) 09 Pameran Sajian Warisan Malaysia sempena Karnival Usahawan & Inovasi 10 Majlis menandatangani nota kerjasama program Inspirasi Pelajar Inovasi Muzium 11 Program bermalam di Muzium 2019 : Muzium Kota Kuala Kedah 12 Program Kayuhan Santai 2019 08 13 Kenali Muzium bersama Komuniti Chow Kit 14 Eksplorasi Khazanah bersama Muzium Perak, Pameran Zoologi, Skeleton 15 Program Eksplorasi Kenali Muzium 16 Berita bergambar 18 Bicara Kurator bil.3/2019 11 19 Bicara @ Muzium : Arkeologi Kedah Tua 20 Bicara @ Muzium : Diaspora Melayu Cocos dan Suriname DITERBITKAN OLEH 21 Bicara @ Muzium : Perjuangan Memartabatkan Tengku Menteri Ngah Ibrahim Jabatan Muzium Malaysia Jalan Damansara 22 Bengkel mempelajari seni ukiran acuan matawang Kesultanan Melayu nusantara 50566 Kuala Lumpur Tel : (+603) 2267 1000, (+603) 2282 6255 23 Permukiman Permuziuman, Jabatan Muzium Malaysia Faks: (+603) 2282 6434 http://www.jmm.gov.my 24 Bengkel Pengesahan Dokumen Spesifikasi Keperluan Bisnes bagi pembanguna sistem MUSECORE 2.0 DICETAK OLEH Sepantas Kurnia (M) Sdn Bhd 22 25 Kursus asas penyediaan sampel serangga dan tumbuhan dengan kaedah awetan resin Berita JMM diterbitkan 4 bulan sekali. Buletin ini boleh dimuat turun daripada 26 Taksidermi katak dan kodok laman web JMM. 28 Konservasi : Memelihara sejarah melalui aplikasi sains 29 Kapten Speedy 31 Cutam 31 Berita JMM | 3/2019 3 PERSIDANGAN DAN MESYUARAT EKSEKUTIF ASIAN Program Utama NATIONAL MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION (ANMA) KE-7, 2019 Oleh: Muhammad Azam bin Adnan, Muzium Negara ahun 2019 merupakan tahun yang cukup bermakna kali setahun. Tbagi Jabatan Muzium Malaysia terutamanya Muzium Sebanyak 15 buah negara telah terlibat dalam Negara kerana buat julung kalinya Muzium Negara Persidangan dan Mesyuarat Eksekutif ANMA pada kali telah menjadi tuan rumah Persidangan dan Mesyuarat ini iaitu Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Singapura, Thailand, Eksekutif Pertubuhan Muzium-Muzium Negara Asia atau Jepun, China, Vietnam, Filipina, Cambodia, Timor Asian National Museums Association (ANMA) yang ke-7. Leste, Korea Selatan, Oman, Indonesia dan Azerbaijan. Persidangan dan mesyuarat eksekutif ini telah diadakan Setiap negara-negara ini telah diwakili oleh 41 delegasi pada 29 hingga 31 Oktober 2019 yang bertempat di Hotel yang terdiri daripada ketua-ketua pengarah, pengarah Premiera, Kuala Lumpur. “Kesepaduan Sosial Melalui bahagian, kurator dan kakitangan muzium negara Budaya, Seni dan Sejarah: Cabaran Muzium” (Social masing-masing. Unity Through Culture, Art and History: The Museum Challenges) telah dipilih sebagai tema bagi kali ini. Persidangan ANMA ke-7, 2019 Pengenalan Asian National Museums Association Program ini telah dimulakan dengan Persidangan (ANMA) ANMA yang berlangsung pada 29 Oktober 2019 di Hotel Premiera. Persidangan ini dimeriahkan lagi dengan ANMA telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 2007 yang kehadiran tetamu kenamaan iaitu YB. Tuan Muhammad melibatkan tiga buah muzium negara Asia pada asalnya Bakhtiar Wan Chik, Timbalan Menteri, Kementerian iaitu National Museum of China, Tokyo National Museum Pelancongan, Seni dan Budaya Malaysia dan Tuan Yang dan National Museum of Korea dan kemudiannya Terutama Al-Abbas Ibrahim Hamed Al-Harthi, Duta Besar telah dianggotai beberapa muzium negara Asia yang Oman ke Malaysia. Turut hadir adalah Datuk Kamarul lain. Setakat ini terdapat 17 buah negara yang telah Baharin bin A. Kasim, Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Muzium menganggotai ANMA termasuklah Malaysia. Pertubuhan Malaysia dan Encik Mohd Azmi bin Mohd Yusof, Timbalan ini telah ditubuhkan sebagai rangkaian muzium-muzium Ketua Pengarah (Permuziuman), Jabatan Muzium negara Asia untuk menggalakkan kerjasama dan Malaysia serta pegawai-pegawai kanan dan kakitangan pertukaran ilmu serta kepakaran antara muzium-muzium Jabatan Muzium Malaysia. Seramai hampir 300 orang ini. Objektif ANMA adalah untuk menjadi platform bagi peserta telah hadir yang terdiri daripada pelbagai insititusi mempromosikan budaya Asia di peringkat antarabangsa permuziuman di serata Malaysia serta agensi-agensi serta berkongsi maklumat berkaitan koleksi, pameran kerajaan, swasta dan tidak lupa juga orang perseorangan. dan juga kepakaran permuziuman. Negara-negara ahli ANMA juga turut mengadakan pertemuan sebanyak dua 4 BeritaBerita JMM JMM | 3/2019| 3/2019 Sebanyak 3 sesi pembentangan telah diaturkan yang melibatkan 12 orang pembentang kertas. Program Utama Antaranya, ialah Puan Haryany binti Mohammad, Pengarah Lembaga Muzium Pulau Pinang telah berkongsi mengenai projek ‘Silang Budaya’ dimana melalui projek tersebut telah memberi peluang kepada golongan muda untuk memberikan interpretasi baru pada koleksi artifak Muzium Pulau Pinang. Manakala Encik Katsuki Genichiro, Pengurus Kanan Seni Asia, Tokyo National Museum dari Jepun pula membentangkan mengenai koleksi seni Asia di muziumnya yang cuba berinteraksi dengan pengunjung muzium melalui medium karya seni pameran dan pendidikan interaktif. Usaha Tokyo National Museum ini adalah untuk memberikan peluang kepada pengunjung untuk merasai kepelbagaian budaya melalui koleksi seni Asia di muzium. Pelbagai isu yang melibatkan kesepaduan sosial dan cabaran institusi permuziuman berdasarkan tema persidangan telah dikongsikan dan dibincangkan oleh setiap pembentang. Pada sebelah malamnya para peserta dan deligasi persidangan telah diraikan dalam satu majlis makan malam yang telah dirasmikan oleh YBhg. Datuk Isham Ishak, Ketua Setiausaha, Kementerian Pelancongan, Seni dan Budaya Malaysia. Majlis turut disajikan dengan persembahan kebudayaan oleh artis-artis Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA) dan Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara (JKKN). Mesyuarat Eksekutif ANMA ke-7, 2019 Pada 30 Oktober 2019, Mesyuarat Eksekutif ANMA ke-7 juga telah berlangsung di Hotel Premiera. Datuk Kamarul Baharin bin A. Kasim, selaku Pengerusi ANMA ke-7 telah mengetuai sidang mesyuarat yang dihadiri oleh semua delegasi luar negara yang mewakili muzium-muzium negara Asia serta pegawai-pegawai kanan JMM. Antara intipati yang dibincangkan adalah berkaitan inisiatif-inisiatif baru ANMA. Jabatan Muzium Malaysia telah mencadangkan agar satu Perlembagaan ANMA dapat diwujudkan bagi mendokumentasikan visi dan misi serta inisiatif-inisiatif ANMA yang telah dibincangkan pada mesyuarat-mesyuarat yang lepas. Cadangan pemerkasaan peranan dan anggota Special Working Group yang dianggotai oleh China, Korea Selatan, Jepun, Singapura, Thailand, Filipina dan Pada sebelah petang program diteruskan lagi Malaysia juga turut dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat ini. dengan aktiviti Denai Malam di Muzium Tekstil Negara, Mesyuarat
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