Near Field Communication Technology in Delivering Information in Museums

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a close-range, high-frequency wireless communication enabling the exchange of data between integrated devices. The NFC service is used on Android-based mobile handsets allowing users to share and receive data or information instantly, interact with other devices using NFC technology. This research presents the development of mobile applications for use in museums to help visitors recognize objects in the form of multimedia information. There are two softwares developed, the first software is an application for visitors using Android Studio. The second software is the web application for museum administrators. As a result, the application developed for visitors has successfully displayed multimedia information in the form of text, images, audio, and video by scanning the NFC tags near the object. Museum administrators can obtain the statistical data for future museum development.