Monument Yogya Kembali, History museum and monument in Mlati, Indonesia.
Monumen Yogya Kembali is a cone-shaped museum in Ngaglik, Sleman, north of Yogyakarta. Its curved surface is clad in small light grey tiles set in horizontal bands, with a dark vertical strip running up the front from the entrance and a thin rod at the apex. Wide concrete steps lead to a recessed entrance, and the building has three floors.
The site was inaugurated in 1985 to commemorate the recapture of the city by Indonesian forces on March 1, 1949. That military success led by Lieutenant Colonel Soeharto lasted only six hours and demonstrated the strength of the Indonesian independence movement against the Dutch.
The name Yogya Kembali, Javanese for 'Yogyakarta Returns', marks the Dutch withdrawal from the city on 29 June 1949. At the entrance door, 422 names of fighters who died in the Wehrkreise III area between 19 December 1948 and 29 June 1949 are inscribed. Inside, ten dioramas stage moments of the revolution, including Soeharto planning the 1 March 1949 General Offensive.
The building opens its doors from Tuesday to Sunday between 8 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon, and remains closed on Mondays. The best time to come is in the morning when temperatures are still comfortable and fewer school groups are around.
On the top floor there is a silent memorial room with a flagpole in the center, where relief panels show both armed combat and diplomatic negotiations. School classes often use this room for moments of silence while the flag flies outside in the wind.
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