Surabaya, October 2019, Museum BI Goes To School (MGTS) was back to share knowledge and insight of central bank history. At this moment, Museum BI visited one of Islamic boarding schools (Pesantren) in the Sidoarjo region, namely Bumi Sholawat Sidoarjo Islamic Boarding School. This event which was held for 2 days, received extraordinary interest from the school management, staff, and students.

The series of events became special with the presence from Department of Currency Department team who socialised the Authenticity of Rupiah Currency (Cikur) through games and interactive question and answer. Not only that, the socialisation of QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesia Standard) was also carried out by BI's Public Information and Digital Communication Service (LIPKD) Division. The excitement of the event was increasingly felt by the performance from female students in the form of humming songs, dances, and poetry which was held on the first day of exhibition.

On the following day, interactive games in the form of “first rank” and Museum BI education were held to increase students’ enthusiasm to explore more history of central bank. One of the event highlights was Guyon Waton performance that successfully left a distinct impression at the end of the event.

This event received extraordinary interest from school management, staffs, and students. Around thousands visitors showed full enthusiasm during the event. One of the students said: “Seeing various types of money from time to time is a new thing and through Museum BI’s Goes to School program, past economic traffic can be felt in the present situation”.