Misplaced Pages

#907092

23-594: The society was founded in 1778 by naturalist Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher as the Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences) and granted the Koninklijk status and thus assumed its current name in 1910. After Indonesian independence in 1949, it was renamed the Lembaga Kebudajaan Indonesia in 1950, and 1962 ceased operation. Its collection

46-580: A decree to form a commission to search for important objects in Java and sent them to the Batavian Society. The policy to increase the museum collection was pushed further by Governor-General J.C. Baud's (1833-1836) decree that instructed the government officials throughout the Dutch East Indies to assist in searching for important objects for the Batavian Society museum collection. The surge in collection

69-502: A law regarding Treasure Discovery was enacted; stipulating that all archaeological findings in the Indies had to be reported to the government, and the Batavian Society museum might buy it at the price according to an appropriate appraisal. By the mid-19th century, the Batavian Society museum building in Harmoni was also considered insufficient to store and exhibit the growing collection. Although

92-598: A merchant for the VOC. On 21 May 1761 Jacob married Margaretha Sophia Verijssel. In 1762 Radermacher created a Freemasonic circle in Batavia becoming the first Freemasonic lodge in Asia . In 1763 he returned to Holland to continue his studies, and graduated in law at Harderwijk . After graduation on 13 June 1766 he established himself as a lawyer in Arnhem . After a short time, Radermacher made

115-586: Is now in the Museum Nasional . A young VOC official— J.C.M Radermacher was interested in arts and sciences in the Indies. Radermacher suggested the establishment of an association in Batavia similar to the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen [HMW] in Haarlem. Initially, this suggestion was not received well until 1777 when during the commemoration of 25 years of HMW there was an intention to open

138-405: Is regarded as a commendable endeavour, intellectually fashionable, and prestigious activity among the social elites in Batavia. Therefore, the society's collection increased significantly. Since 1779, the society decided to exhibit its collection for the public, although restricted only to Wednesdays from 8 to 10:00. This was the seed of the museum activity. The members of BG were allowed to borrow

161-417: The Batavian Society has started gathering the collection acquired from the contributions of its members. The initial collection was much owed to its founder, J.C.M. Radermacher who contributed his house at De Groote Rivier Street along with his collection of books, manuscripts, musical instruments, currency, flora samples of dried plants, etc. At that time, collecting and donating curious rare, and unique objects

184-643: The Colonies , he was an avid defender of the Dutch Colonial policy, the cultuurstelsel , which required a quota of profitable crops to be dedicated to export. He was succeed in 1836 by Dominique Jacques de Eerens . He became Minister of the Marine in 1840 and Minister for the Colonies from that year until 1848. After 1848 he was for a few years a conservative member for Rotterdam of the House of Representatives . He died in

207-587: The Dutch East Indies from 1833 until 1836. Baud was born in The Hague on 23 October 1789. Originally a civil servant and politician who served under William I and William II of the Netherlands , Baud zoomed through the ranks of the civil service until he reached the post of Vice President of the Council for the Dutch East Indies . Following Johannes van den Bosch , as acting Governor-General and, later, Minister for

230-668: The SBG's book collection with a time limit of up to 3 weeks. During British rule , Stamford Raffles donated an additional building located behind the Societeit de Harmonie hall to store the large sum of collections that were insufficiently stored in the De Groote Rivier building. Meanwhile, the collection grew significantly greater due to the addition of a zoology collection in the form of preserved mammals, birds, seashells, etc. In 1822, Governor-General G.A. Baron van der Capellen issued

253-583: The archipelago against indigenous kingdoms and polities. Treasures, among others from Aceh , Lombok, and Bali acquired through the military expeditions led by the Dutch colonial government, also made it to the collection of the Batavian Society and Leiden Museum. The society made the plans for the Hortus Botanicus Bogoriense in Bogor in 1817. The Zoological Museum of Bogor ( Museum Zoologicum Bogorinse )

SECTION 10

#1733093554908

276-568: The association. The motto of Bataviaasch Genootschap (BG) was Ten Nutte van Het Gemeen (For Public's Best Interest). The main objective of BG was to analyze the cultural and scientific aspects of the East Indies, including its society and natural environment, through facilitating research conducted by experts. At first, the scope of activity of BG was quite general; among others were natural science , ethnography , history , manuscript and literature , agriculture , and medication . The role of

299-443: The branch in the colony. The association was an independent scientific association established in Batavia. On 24 April 1778, an association was established in Batavia named Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences), often abbreviated as BG. Governors-general and high officials of VOC were designated as members of the board of directors and society key figures were to become members of

322-416: The decision to return to Batavia. On 20 December 1766 with his wife Margaretha and two sons Frans Reinier and Johannes Cornelis, they boarded the ship Tulpenburg bound for Indonesia. His youngest son, Johannes Cornelis, still an infant, died within one month of their departure. By 1776, Radermacher was promoted by the VOC to title of "Extra-Ordinair Council of India". During his years in Batavia, Radermacher

345-567: The genus " Radermachera " are named for him. By 1781 Radermacher was named Commissioner Concerning the Fleet and the Army, and Common Council of India. After the death of his first wife, he married Bataviase Anna Bosch. For health reasons in 1783, he requested permission to return to Holland. However, while en route home in the Indian Ocean on 24 December, there was a mutiny on board the ship and Radermacher

368-540: The institution as the colonial government's consultant has grown more prominent; especially in the field of archaeology and the preservation of ancient sites in Java—before the establishment of the Archaeological Service in 1913. Since the mid-19th century, however, the scope was narrowed down to exclude natural science subjects that were taken over by a more specific Physics Association. BG would concentrate only on

391-963: The plan to build a new museum had been conceived in 1836, it was not until 1862 that the new museum finally came into reality. With the patronage of King Willem III , the colonial government built a new building on the present location of the National Museum at Jalan Merdeka Barat 12. The original building was built in Greek Neoclassical architecture , and originally it had no second floor. The museum acquired its collection in many ways, among others through scientific expeditions, archaeological sites, acquisition of private collections, gifts from distinguished patrons, objects donated by religious missions; such as ethnological artifacts acquired by Christian Zending and Catholic Missions , and also treasures acquired — or looted to be exact — from several military expeditions led by Dutch East Indies military throughout

414-575: The subjects of language and literature, archaeology and history, as well as ethnography and anthropology . The association was quite productive, published scientific articles and journals; Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (VBG, published from 1779 to 1950) and Tijdschrift voor Indische taal-land en volkenkunde (TBG, published in 1853 to 1952). The association's administrative reports are published in Notulen van Bataviaasch Genootschap (NBG). Since its establishment,

437-520: Was a staunch promoter of the arts and sciences in the Far East. On 24 April 1778 he founded the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences ("Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en etenschappen"). He also donated a substantial amount of writings and collections to start the museum. During this time he also catalogued a significant amount of flora and fauna of the islands of Java and Sumatra . The trees of

460-573: Was an officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Batavia ( Jakarta ) as well as a talented naturalist. Born into an influential Dutch family, his father was Jacob Cornelis Radermacher (1700-1748), who was treasurer-general to the prince. His uncle and his nephew were members of the Board of Directors of the VOC. In 1757, then only sixteen years old, he had traveled to Indonesian to work as

483-466: Was established by the Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences in Bogor , Indonesia in 1894. The Bibliotheca Bogoriense (Bogor Library) made Bogor into an important center of biological science. Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher Jacob Cornelis Matthieu ( J. C. M. ) Radermacher (1741 – 24 December 1783) was a Dutch botanist and author. Radermacher was born in The Hague , Holland . He

SECTION 20

#1733093554908

506-520: Was murdered. "Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1988" Zuidervaart, Huib J.; Van Gent, Rob H. (2004). "A Bare Outpost of Learned European Culture on the Edge of the Jungles of Java". Isis . 95 (1): 1–33. doi : 10.1086/423509 . PMID   15301065 . S2CID   20292427 . Jean Chr%C3%A9tien Baud Jean Chrétien, Baron Baud (1789–1859) was Governor-General of

529-517: Was not always beneficial to the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences since it meant an increase in maintenance costs and storage space. To reduce its collections, therefore, in 1843 part of the zoology collection was sent out to the Ethnology Museum in Leiden, while the rest was auctioned. In 1850, the geological and mineralogy collection was sent to the newly established Physics Association. In 1855,

#907092