Indonesian Experts to Restore Soekarno-Era Bas Reliefs in Jakarta's Sarinah Department Store

Fetty said the bas-reliefs will be exhibited in the main gallery, where they will be an attraction in their own right. As a work of art, they will be accorded a heritage site along with the rest of Sarinah.

The Jakarta Cultural Heritage Team has filed Sarinah as a cultural heritage site to the government in 2016.

Soekarno opened Sarinah in August 1966 as a department store to boost Indonesian manufacturing. Named after his childhood nanny, the showcased batik and other traditional goods from Indonesia’s Small and Medium Enterprises [SME’s].

Sarinah’s renovation is estimated to cost the government Rp.500 billion [$33.5 million], Rp. 200 billion [$13.4 million] was already covered in the 2020 state budget. The shopping center is expected to be reopened on National Heroes Day on November 10, 2021.

(Writer: Ihsanuddin | Editors: Rindi Nuris Velarosdela, Sandro Gatra)

Sources: 

https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/01/15/18291091/penemuan-relief-petani-di-gedung-sarinah-yang-sedang-direnovasi?page=all#page2. 

https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/01/15/20010821/relief-era-soekarno-yang-ditemukan-di-sarinah-akan-dipamerkan-ke-publik?page=all#page2.