Museum Interactive Information Broadcasting Using Indoor Positioning System and Bluetooth Low Energy: a Pilot Project on Trowulan Museum Indonesia

The tourism sector become a promising country
income. This is because its nature which is not easily run out if
managed properly. This sector can be a great support especially
for developing countries such as Indonesia, because usually
developing countries income only rely on natural and human
resources income. Museums are one of the tourism sectors that
have not been explored properly. Museums in Indonesia are still
few that using the latest technology such as smartphone
application, wifi, bluetooth, RFID. So, that it makes the museum
a less attractive place to visit, especially for young generation.
This research tries to create an interactive broadcasting museum
information by utilizing applications on smartphones, indoor
positioning systems, and bluetooth low energy beacons to provide
information to museum visitors about artifacts around museum
visitor location. As a pilot project a testing was conducted at the
Trowulan Museum, Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia, which is a
museum that exhibits the relics of the Majapahit kingdom. The
application has been able to provide interactive information
about artifacts around the visitors location so as to create an
interesting museum to visit