Documentation Room / Preparation in Monument Press Solo

For media people are not really familiar with this name. National Press Monument or people often refer to the monument alone or Monument Press Release of Solo, is a historical building which stands grandly in the middle of the city of Solo, exactly at the Gadjah Mada University Jalan Solo 59. The monument was erected to commemorate the services of the national press figures. Why choose the city of Solo, according to several libraries penulusuran the figures of the national press is starting the movement against the Dutch in the press [media] started from this city. In this City homes for these figures to discuss the strategic agenda in preaching against the Dutch at that time. In the city of Solo is the most national media figures are also raised.







There is also a National Press assumes Monument erected to commemorate the anniversary press conference when reporters were held all over Indonesia (PWI) on February 9, 1946. At the Monument Press stored ancient manuscripts and documents which are historical evidence and the Travel Press Nasioanl Indonesian struggle since the Dutch colonial era, Japanese occupation, independence until the time of the current administration. Therefore the National Press Monument is a great place for educational tours.









Monument National Press once shaded by the Ministry of Information. Postgraduate department liquidated by President Abdurrahman Wahid, then changed as the Unit at the National Information Agency. Then, at this moment is under the auspices of the Ministry of Communication and Information Services under the Director General for Communication and Information Dissemination.







Monument National Press has a library, exhibition halls, museums and the conservation and collection of ancient archives. Fairly complete library collection. Collection of books about the mass media, communications, publishing, journalism, and some theses and magazine collections.







As I and some friends visited this place, we simply observe and document the room Documentation / Preparation, which is where newspapers, magazines, and tabloids owned by Indonesia from colonial times until today. Very surprised to see the documentation, that so many newspapers, the newspaper Indonesia Raya, until the modern newspaper Kompas. Because, so far I only see these journalistic work in books and the internet, but now I can see historic newspapers directly. When I want to visit the library, the library was being closed because at that time the recess. At some point, I would definitely come back to these places because there are some things that I have not come across that the story is worth to watch.