Museum and New Media Application as Local Cultural Preservation Instrument in Indonesia

The presence of new media can be used to support preservation of local culture. An assessment has been done the current application of New Media, called CD Interaktif, in Museum Mpu Tantular. The purpose of this paper is to measure user’s responses of the New Media application. An application, called CD Interaktif, is installed to the Museum Mpu Tantular of East Java. In measuring the responses, a survey was conducted to the user of CD Interaktif. The finding shows that user encounter difficulties in accessing the application, user has received acceptable knowledge, and shows expectations from the respected application