THE ROLE OF ART APPRECIATION IN MUSEUMS AS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES TO CULTURAL RESILIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Abstract This research produced innovative materials for art appreciation in museums for early childhood. Art appreciation is used as one of the efforts to maintain culture. Culture is a heritage from ancestors and is a characteristic of a nation that should be preserved and maintained. This study uses the ADDIE model development research approach (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and evaluation) The subject in this study is kindergarten children in the special region of Yogyakarta. The result of this research is to produce art appreciation materials in the form of introducing, preserving, and implementing various existing cultures. Such as traditional clothing, Javanese songs, transportation, batik, Javanese letters, and gamelan. With this appreciation, children can make the museum a source of learning, recreation and at the same time maintain their culture through art.