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/> However, how then these 'schemes of perception' and 'appreciation of practices' are narrated in the present narrative of history of Jakarta? This leads my discussion to the next narrative.

The establishment of Jakarta History Museum dated back to 1974, following the local government policy on the conservation of cultural heritage around Fatahillah square (1970). Information retrieved from the official website of Indonesia Tourism mentions that:

The Museum of History of Jakarta was inaugurated on 30 March 1974 for being the center for collection, conservation and research for all kinds of objects of cultural property related to the history of the City of Jakarta and at the same time becomes a center for education, study and recreation for the community. (Jakarta History Museum)

What I can infer from this information is that the museum serves as the centre for the narrative of the history of Jakarta and also the centre for community to learn about that history. Pak Kasirun informed me that 'most visitors are students, coming from various cities or even provinces'. 'We refer to the function of this museum as a media for educationa€|so that students can get the information easily', he added.

This implies the important role of the museum in, paraphrasing Bourdieu, 'produc[ing] and impos[ing] legitimate vision of the world' (20); legitimate version of the history of the city. Thus, in reading the narrative, I am trying to point out how this 'official point of view' [5] narrates and constructs the perception of reality toward the history of Jakarta. Fortunately, on my second visit to the museum, the museum was peopled by many visitors including a group of elementary school students, so this could provide me with rich observational data of how the museum narrated its legitimate version of the history of the city to the visitors.

Figure Collection Rooms

During my second visit to the museum, I captured the pictures above. The pictures were captured from six collection rooms: Prehistoric Room, Tarumanegara Room, Jayakarta Room, Fatahillah Room, Sultan Agung Room, and MH Thamrin Room. Each room is constituted by collections ranging from material artefact, replicas, pictures, and posters which relate to the periods they refer to. Walking from one room to another room, I felt like I was travelling back in time and space. This sensibility was constructed as the arrangement of the room and the collections refer to the chronological timeline of the history of the city. Pak Kasirun informed me that the collection rooms 'refers to chronological [timeline] a€|which relates to the history of Jakartaa€|.'

The timeline is started from 1) the prehistoric time when prehistoric people flowed some areas of the city, 2) the establishment of Hindu Kingdom of Tarumanegara with the flow of India ideoscape of Hinduism and technoscape of; stone inscription, Hindu's gods and goddess stone statues, 3) the establishment of the port of Sunda Kalapa during the Sunda Kingdom with its position as one important ports in the local and transnational trade, 4) the founding of Jayakarta by Fatahillah and the coming and settlement of the Portuguese, until 5)the heroic story of the Java Sultanate Mataram's army in capturing the city from VOC, and 6) the existence of Betawi ethnic along with their so-called hybrid culture.

From this timeline, I