Community Happenings

We are excited to share that Ignatius Gerry Apriryan, APME Participant from the Irama Nusantara Foundation, has been awarded funding by the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme (EAP1749). His project, Surveying pre-independence Indonesia’s popular music archives in Haryadi Suadi’s collection (1900–1950s), will document magazines, shellac records, and music sheets from Indonesia’s pre-independence period. This important work will help preserve the history of Indonesia’s recording industry and popular music culture.

The Asia-Pacific Museum Professionals Exchange (APME) has recently been featured by two U.S. embassies, highlighting the program’s success in fostering cross-cultural collaboration and knowledge exchange. The U.S. Embassy in Honiara (Solomon Islands) spotlighted participant Grinta Ale’eke Bemama, an ethnologist at the Solomon Islands National Museum, and her reflections on heritage stewardship. We are excited to see the program recognized internationally, and we look forward to continuing these conversations across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

The Asia-Pacific Museum Professionals Exchange (APME) has recently been featured by two U.S. embassies, highlighting the program’s success in fostering cross-cultural collaboration and knowledge exchange. The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta (Indonesia) highlighted five Indonesian museum professionals who joined the APME program in Hawai‘i this summer. We are excited to see the program recognized internationally, and we look forward to continuing these conversations across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.