Jakarta, May 19 -- Indonesia's Culture Minister Fadli Zon said museums should become spaces for developing cultural capital that can generate benefits for the public.

Speaking during the commemoration of International Museum Day 2026 at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta on Monday, Zon said museums play a strategic role as centers of knowledge, reinforcers of national identity, and the foundation of the cultural economy.

"Museums must become places where cultural capital is developed into public value and economic value in a sustainable manner," he said.

Zon added that museums can help rebuild trust and strengthen social cohesion amid an increasingly fragmented world.

He also highlighted the government's success in repatriati...