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Trisakti Museum or May 12 Tragedy Museum is a human rights museum in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum documents the active role of the Indonesian student college at Trisakti University in fighting for democracy and human rights.
The museum briefly tells about four students who were shot on May 12, 1998. In the museum there are short articles, a collection of news from newspapers, ornaments, demonstration photographs, photographs of the deceased and their relics.
History
Trisakti Museum was established with the background of the Indonesian student college movement in 1998, while the student college across Indonesia held a rally to demand reform. The student college in Trisakti University, as a part of the student college in Indonesia as a whole, participated in a peaceful protest movement. The movement reach its peak when four students at Trisakti University were killed on May 12, 1998. This incident triggered the fall of Orde Baru. To commemorate the tragedy, the museum was located in the lobby of the Dr Syarif Thajeb building, on the campus of Trisakti University, Grogol, West Jakarta.
