Prototype of Temple and Community Museums in the Electronic System of Lanna Community

Abstract

The purposes of this research article were 1) to create an electronic system for managing temple and community museums; 2) to develop a system and network for temple and community museums in electronic systems; and 3) to propose a prototype of temple and community museums with electronic systems. It was a qualitative research. The population used in this research was 316 museums in Lanna. The sample was selected by purposive sampling including 3 temple and community museums in Lanna. Interviews were conducted with 16 key informants and it was a participatory action research. The results of the research were as follows: 1) creating an electronic system for temple and community museum management was divided into 3 steps: 1.1) a study of the needs of the temple and community museum system, 1.2) the preparation of a data collection form, and 1.3) building a museum management tool on content management system; 2) the development of the system and network of the temple and community museum in an electronic system can be divided into 4 steps: 2.1) design of the temple and community museum network, 2.2) training on how to use the temple and community museum management tools, 2.3) recording data on multimedia media, 2.4) registration of antiques; and 3) in terms of proposing prototype of temple and community museums through electronic systems, a total of 90 antiquities from all 3 temples in Lanna had been created, 30 for each temple, to be used to create a prototype of the temple and community museum using the electronic system. It can be divided into 4 steps: 3.1) selection of antiques to be proposed as prototypes for the temple and community museums, 3.2) recording data and generating QR codes of antiques, 3.3) proposing a prototype web application for the temple and community museum, and 3.4) proposing an application for mobile devices and proposing a prototype of the temple and community museum to society