MUSEUM SONG TERUS SEBAGAI SARANA WISATA BUDAYA SEJARAH DI KABUPATEN PACITAN

Abstract

The Song Continue Museum is one of the museums located in the Pacitan Regency area, which provides services for the relics of the Prehistoric community in the Gungng Sewu area. This museum is an institution under the Directorate General of Cultural Protection, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. In essence, the Song Continue museum is a place that functions as a preserver of historical culture, not only in physical form but in the order of values ​​and norms as well. The purpose of cultural preservation is to provide confirmation to the community so that they do not forget the rich historical cultural heritage of the nation's ancestors. One of the efforts that can be made by the Song Continue Museum is to provide lessons about museums to the younger generation. In addition, it also builds a museum information system that can be accessed by the wider community in order to be one of the attractions for the public to visit the museum. This will also make it easier for the public to get information about the contents and a complete picture of the museum. This research is a historical research. While the method used in this study is a historical research method, which consists of four steps, namely, heuristics, criticism, interpretation and historiography. The results of the study indicate that the existence of the Song Continues museum is very beneficial for the community, especially in the Pacitan Regency area. With the existence of relics of the prehistoric community, it is able to provide insight to students and the public about ancestral heritage, especially in the Gunung Sewu area. Apart from being a means of education, the existence of the Song Continue Museum is a vehicle for historical and cultural tourism. This is in line with the increasingly complete facilities, infrastructure, facilities and efforts of the Museum in order to introduce it to the wider community.

Keywords: Museum, Tourism, Culture, History