"Expected to become acenter of information for the younger generation, the science and technology museum will also make the Trowulan area a global tourist destination," the governor said here on Monday.
Soekarwo noted that the new museum will be a learning facility for the young generation to learn about the greatness of the Majapahit kingdom and be proud of the the nation's culture.
"The local government will also renovate the sacred places of Walisongo, Batu Ampar and Talangu Madura to balance the development of cultural areas in East Java," the governor noted.
He said these places of pilgrimage would be renovated to attract as many domestic and foreign tourists as possible.
He added that the construction of the science and technology museum in Trowulan was proposed by the Director General of the Ministry of Culture and Education, Prof. Kacung Marijan.
"Such a museum is necessary because it will arouse the curiosity of the younger generation to study the culture of the nation in the past, the present and the future," he said.
Meanwhile, Kacung Marijan said the museum will make Trowulan an icon of culture in East Java Province.
According to him, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will lay the cornerstone of the museum in mid-2014 as part of the restoration of the Majaphit site.
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