Preservation and Conservation of Lontar Gedong Kirtya Liefrinck-Van Der Tuuk Singaraja Bali

Background of study: Lontar used as a writing tool before people know the paper. One of the world famous lontar library collections is the Lontar Gedong Kirtya Museum. Gedong Kirtya and the Buleleng Museum are located in the Singaraja Sasana Budaya Art Temple, on Jalan Veteran no. 23 Singaraja Bali. Gedong Kirtya is one of the oldest lontar libraries in Indonesia and even in the world which is a heritage of knowledge of the nation's local cultural knowledge.

Purpose: This study is to determine the concrete efforts made to preserve the ancient lontar manuscripts.

Method: This study used a qualitative descriptive method using interviews, observations at the Gedong Kirtya museum and books to find out the care and care of lontar manuscripts.

Findings: The results showed that the Lontar Gedong Kirtya Museum carried out various preservation and conservation efforts of lontar collections which were realized by storing the palm oil in a special place, maintaining the air temperature in the collection room, cleaning the lontar collection with special chemicals so that the letters do not fade, reforming the lontar manuscripts, and reproduction.

Conclusion: The conclusion of this research is that preservation and conservation efforts have been carried out in steps that adjust to the damage that has occurred. This effort was realized through the action of storing in a special place, maintaining the air temperature in the collection room, cleaning the lontar collection with special chemicals so that the letters do not fade, reforming lontar manuscripts, and reproducing so that the manuscript can still survive today.