A Visit to the Field Museum of Natural History
A museum is a constructing where historical objects, scientific substances and discoveries, cultural things and artistic portions of work and interests are exhibited and stored safely. Under the find out about in question, I decided to pay a visit to one of the largest museums globally, Field Museum of Natural History (The Field Museum) in Chicago. Aforementioned is a great museum full of history, and a lot of scientific materials have been observed and stored here together with the T. rex, a fossilized skeleton that is believed to be 67 million years old. It was such a quality place where many human beings from all over the world just meet up with one purpose, that is, to view the history of the world and that of United States of America. The receptionists welcomed people very warmly and afterwards one of the attendants came to guide and explains you through some of the items stored there, it was so superb and very informative. One of the most amazing features that made me feel like visiting the museum over and over again was the marvelous archives that described the struggle of America during the slave trade era and how all the efforts to put a stop to slave trade, the astonishing scientific materials that were stored in the museum and last but not limited to this one was the Pacific Northwest Indian artifacts and artwork (Alexander 2007).
Exploring the History Archives
In reading the history archives, there is so much to learn and discover the history books describing the struggles of United States. I took my time and impacted a focused broad view on the specific archives that explained the history of America and I based my whole study on the issue of the slave trade. At first, it was so terrifying on how human beings were mistreated, beaten up and forced to do hard labor with less food and poor health conditions. Later, as you cruise through the notes of the books liberation came in and a move to stop the slave trade set up in the United States and the whole world as a whole. This was a great move taken, by the American leaders and religious leaders to at least value human life regardless of who they are or what status they belong. One amazing fact is that some of these archives have been uploaded and stored online in that anyone with internet access can be able to access the information and read it.
Pacific Indian Artifacts and Artwork
The Pacific Indian artifacts and artwork were such captivating and amazing scenery to view and study (VanSledright 2002). The artwork in graphic form describes the Pacific Indian community and how it came to recognition. The slave trade images and the very people who stood up against it, paintings of mothers struggling in trying to make a better life for their children and not forgetting the artwork that displays the various beliefs the community practiced and the religious customs that guided them through the years. They are superbly presented pieces of art that speak a lot about the community in context and it just an amazing adventure trying to unlock the codes and the messages the pieces of art speaks to the community and the whole world as a whole.
Scientific Materials and Discoveries
One of the major things that I could not just ignore was the scientific materials and discoveries that were in the museum (The Field Museum). They speak a lot of how technology can be used to dig into ancient times and discover more that has been covered on the surface of the earth. A perfect example is a fossilized skeleton that was found and stored in the museum, and the skeleton is believed to be sixty-seven million years old. Many discoveries have been made and stored in the repository for future references and study (Dower 1993).
It was a fabulous visit to the Field Museum of Natural History. I did get an opportunity to learn more and discover more and to feed my thirsty nature of yearning to find out more about the history and other museum based things I will keep on visiting the museums more often. I was so happy to go through the very many things in the museum, and all of them seemed so interesting to view and develop a study on them. After this visit, I proudly say that it was a noble chance to learn something new and observe them for myself and I will encourage other people out there to take this extraordinary chance and learn and discover something new and fresh in their lives (Löfgren 1999).
References:
- Alexander, E. P., & Alexander, M. (2007). Museums in motion: An introduction to the history and functions of museums. Rowman Altamira.
- VanSledright, B. (2002). In search of America's past: Learning to read history in elementary school. Teachers College Press.
- Dower, J. W. (1993). War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War. Pantheon Books.
- Löfgren, O. (1999). On holiday: A history of vacationing (Vol. 6). Univ of California Press.
