Wander to the historic place "Vredeburg Fort Museum" and understand the true meaning of history

So, this time I will tell you how I felt when I visited the Vredeburg Museum.
The Vredeburg Fort Museum is a fortress located in front of the Agung Building and the Sultanate Palace of Yogyakarta. Now, this fort becomes a museum. In a number of buildings in this fort there are dioramas about the history of Indonesia. Precisely located on Jl. Margo Mulyo / Jl. A. Yani No.6, Ngupasan, Gondomanan, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta 55122.
Now, I'll tell you about the Vredeburg Museum. How does it feel when i toured the Fort Vredeburg Museum? in my opinion, when I went there for the first time, it was like fear, scary, but amazed. Maybe it's because of the old building, so I thought it was strange. But if you have seen, Fort Vredeburg is very clean, so even though it is an old building it still looks beautiful in the eyes of the visitors.
The entry ticket is fairly cheap, because visitors only need to pay Rp. 3000 once entered. Very cheap, isn't it?. We can see miniatures there, when Indonesian government held meetings / deliberations in the past, we can also read various information about Fort Vredeburg, etc. Then what about the history? well, I'll start discussing it.
Fort Vredeburg was built in 1760 on the orders of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I and a request from the Dutch government which at that time was led by Nicholaas Harting who served as Governor Director of the North Coast of Java. The purpose of building this fortress is to protect the security of the Yogyakarta palace. But actually the construction of the fort was aimed at monitoring all types of activities carried out by the Yogyakarta palace.
Formerly this fort was only made with a simple form, and the walls made by soil, supported by pillars made of coconut and palm trees, with thatch roofs. By Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IV, the four corners were named Jaya Wisesa (northwest corner), Jaya Purusa (northeast corner), Jaya Prakosaningprang (southwest corner), and Jaya Prayitna (southeast corner).
In the next period, the Dutch governor named W.H. Van Ossenberg requested that this fortress be built permanently with the intention of its security to be more secure. Then in 1767, the construction of the fort began under the supervision of a Dutch architect named Ir. Frans Haak and its construction was completed in 1787. After the construction was completed, the fort was given the name "Rustenburg" which means a resting fortress. In 1867, a severe earthquake in Yogyakarta caused many buildings to collapse, including Rustenburg. Then, soon afterwards the rebuilding of the Rustenburg fortress was later renamed "Vredeburg" which means the fortress of peace. This is a symbolic manifestation of peace between the Dutch and the Yogyakarta Palace.
After various problems from 1760 to 1992, based on the Decree of the Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture Prof. Dr. Fuad Hasan No. 0475/0/1992 dated November 23, 1992, officially the Vredeburg Fort Museum became a Special Museum for National Struggle under the name Yoyakarta Fort Vredeburg Museum which occupies a land area of ​​46,574 square meters. Then on September 5, 1997, in the context of enhancing the functionalization of the museum, the Yogyakarta Vredeburg Fort Museum got the right to manage the Yogyakarta Struggle museum in Brontokusuman Yogyakarta based on the Decree of the Minister of Culture and Tourism Number: KM. 48 / OT. 001 / MKP / 2003 dated December 5, 2003.
Shortly after I toured the Fort Vredeburg Museum and understood the struggles carried out by our heroes, I came to think that what I had done so far was the opposite of what our heroes did. My message, respect and respect the struggle of the heroes who fight for independence for this country, remember them in your mind and make their dreams more attainable with their brilliant successors.