On Monday, December 7th I went to visit the Natural History Museum. It was my first time going to that one and I found it very interesting. I was around freely. I walked into several different rooms that had a different idea behind each of them. The main theme behind the whole museum was just basic history. I first observed the wild animals. They were fake stuffed animals that were inside cubes. Most of these stuffed animals creeped me out but as I saw a lot of them, I felt more comfortable. They each had their own section and description. In the description it talked about where the animal came from and what they ate. I found many of the animals interesting. My favorite were the Spotted Hyenas. I then saw all the minerals that were displayed …show more content…
nicely. There were so many rocks and diamonds. I was very amused by those. I had no idea how diamonds and other stones grew. I also never saw diamonds that were as big as the ones the museum had. My favorite was a 12-carat Vivid Blue Moon Diamond. It was said to be a very rare stone. In this room of minerals there was video that was playing about kids discovering different types of rocks. All of the diamond and other minerals were so beautiful. Some of the diamonds had their own little section because it was worth a lot of money and were extremely rare. In this room the lights were off and each little glass box had its own light so that all the rocks and stones shine. After seeing the minerals, I watched and read about how the city of Los Angeles grew. I saw the video of how empty it used to be and how long it took for it to become the way it is now. There was a small description on the wall about how L.A. came about. There was also a time line showing the main events that happened between 1542 and 1941. In the next room there was a bunch of technology that was used years before. There was an oil jack pump and a gasoline pump. There was also an animation table that Walt Disney used. There was a Tourist automobile that was produced by the Auto Vehicle Company in downtown LA in 1902. This was extremely rare and the color was so beautiful. It was brownish/burgundy. In this same room there was an ostrich. It was really big. What amazed me is how small the egg is and how big it is once it is fully grown. I then went over to the Dinosaur Exhibit. This was probably my favorite part about the whole museum. These dinosaurs were huge! I could not believe it. I had never seen the fossils of a dinosaur. I was super blown away by it all. When you first walk into the room you see two big models of the dinosaur’s bones. At first I just looked around at everything. There was also an upstairs so I went up there to browse around, then I came back down to actually read about everything. What really shocked me about the dinosaurs was how small or big their heads were. Some of the dinosaurs had bigger teeth than others. I read that the reason for that was because some of them were only meant to eat plants, aka, herbivores. Most of those herbivore dinosaurs also had really long necks so they could reach the leaves on high trees. Other dinosaurs would eat other dead animals but most mainly ate plants. I read about the Tyrannosaurus Rex growth series.
There was a baby T. rex that dies when it was two years old and it was 11 feet long. This is the youngest known T. rex fossil in the world. There was a 13 year old T. rex that was about 20 feet long and weighed 4,000 pounds. Then there was Thomas the T. rex. This dinosaur was 17 years old and was 34 feet long. It weighed nearly 7,000 pounds. This T. rex was excavated in southeastern Montana from 2003-2005. This was one of ten most complete T. Rex specimens on Earth. The dramatic changes and rapid growth of these dinosaurs are unbelievable. Honestly, to me is kind of even a little bit scary. Especially when I stood next to it and imagined one of them alive. Afterwards, I saw these really big Triceratops heads. There were three of them inside a glass container. These dinosaurs have two horns on the head. I did not know much about these dinosaurs. However, I read that these are about 25 feet long and they lived around 66 million years ago. Then I discovered the Stegosaurus. These were kind of funny looking dinosaurs because they have really big bodies and tiny heads. At the same time they look really cool because their backs are covered with large plates and with large spikes on their tails. This one was found in Utah about 150 million years …show more content…
ago. There were two rooms that completed the Dinosaur Hall. They had many descriptions all other the walls and on plates for each dinosaur. They also have a devices sort of like a table or an iPad where you get to play a short game. In the game you had to drag and place each bone to complete the full image of the dinosaur. In other game you would have to scratch or “dig” to find the fossils and each time you found one it would say the years and what bone it was you had found. This game was very cleaver. I’m assuming it was for children. So with this game, children will be able to be more interested actually learn about the dinosaurs. So I thought that was a really good use of technology. As I was exiting the room I noticed a big glass cube in the middle of the exit/entrance. In there was a dinosaur fossil. It was pretty big. This specific piece was isolated from the rest because the ones who found it still have not discovered what part of the dinosaur it is or which dinosaur. I think keeping that dinosaur piece there makes people want to go back again to see if and when they will figure what part it is. On the wall in front of this was a television explaining how they look for and find these fossils. That was fun to watch. Overall, my trip to the Natural History Museum was so much more fun than I expected.
I took my boyfriend along with me and we had a great time. He loved it too. I learned many things. I saw and read about many different types of things that are around the world. I’ve been to a museum once before when I was younger but I did not appreciate it how I did when I went this time. I wish I could have gone a tour with someone that knew about all the things in that museum. If I had the opportunity to question to ask the curator of the exhibit I would ask him or her if their idea of the museum is to keep the past alive or to change the present? Also, which museum is the best one? Because I would like to visit many
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On My visit to the Hunter Museum I chose the piece of art that I felt best related to. I picked the piece of art Pullman, by Hung Liu, because I loved the way they worked together to accomplish a mission. Pullman is a 2 dimensional wall piece created by Hung Liu in 2004, and was later purchased by the Hunter Museum in 2009. Pullman is A 66x132 inch oil on canvas, colored paining and is displayed on the wall in the museum. There is a wall text about the piece that can be found next to the painting. The painting is hard to define from close distance, but the farther you stand away the colors and textures come together. The paining is on a wall by itself, and is truly a breathtaking piece. We often take for granted the luxuries we have in the United States.
The first museum, we entered was very small which was called “The Stockyard Museum” like a corner store size. This museum was based on historical events such as cowboys , native Americans, chisholm trails and the north/ stockyards of fort worth history. The old man we talked was very nice which I didn’t expect based on his body language, however he introduces us on what to expect and a scavenger hunt for the items in the museum; which was pretty cool because we actually to go around and take us to read everything because he was going to go over it with us afterwards. The main piece that really stood out to me was this dressed which was called "The Bad Luck Wedding Dress" that was the perfect name for this dress if you asked me. This dress was
As indicated above, the exhibit is theme-based, centered around a historical period of time. Because of this, there is a large proportion of text, revealing background history, in relation to the actual artifacts. In my second, more thorough run-through, I certainly found myself reading more than looking at "things". In fact, it seems as though the exhibit only tells the true chronological history to those patient enough to read all of the text. A less thorough visit to the exhibit will undoubtedly result in a skewed view of the past. I will address this issue later in the Critical Assessment section.
As we reach the museum, the exterior was very beautiful. The first things I saw were the bronze statues in the front. We took a couple of pictures in front of them and in front of the Norton Simon. The entrance where the glass doors had sat was very unique and elegant. The glass walls that the glass doors were attached to, added to the elegance and beauty. When I had first walked in, I was very shy, timid, and unwilling to go on, this was due to the more mature audience that I had seen when I had first entered the museum. I was still unsure on how to act in a museum, being this my first time, so I was very calm, cool and reserved, but as time went on I saw college students my age probably doing the same thing I was doing. So I then I felt more at ease. Plus my girlfriend was with me so I was not alone.
The trip to the metropolitan museum was a great trip to learn and to study art. What is art you may ask, well art is an expression you use to show a visual picture. It can be through painting or through sculptures. Some other example of art is music, literature and dancing. For today 's paper we will be talking about art as a sculpture. The two sculptures in this photo are King Sahure and a Nome God and Marble Statue of Dionysos leaning on archaistic female figure (Hope Dionysos). You can find these statues in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. King Sahure and a Nome God is an Egyptian art that was made in 2458-2446 BCE. The artist is unknown. It was during the 5th dynasty and it also belong to the old kingdom. The Marble statue of Dionysos Leaning in the archaistic female figure is a Greco-Roman art. Belonging to the Roman imperial period of the late first century A.D. Augustan or Julio-Claudian period 27 B.C., to 68 AD. It is classified as a stone sculpture and it is made out of marble. The height of the statues is 82 ¾ inches. There is no evidence who was the original artist.
At last, I found the time to visit the museum! While the collection of artifacts is mainly used for cadet academic instruction, the collection also educated a college freshman, like me, who is studying US History. I was able to appreciate the exhibits and connect the artifacts to the class material and lessons. I found the exhibits and the stories behind the artifacts the most remarkable.
Also hollow cast and made of bronze. The snake, benediction sign and pine cone are all similar, yet the cone is being held up by all three outstretched fingers. The snake does not have as prominent a position on top of the thumb. This artefact is not as well preserved, and shows signs of oxidisation predominately in the palm and across the right back hand side. The broken section may have been where the nail hole was
I first visited the Guggenheim Museum two weeks ago with Claus, my friend from Germany. We had the MOMA in mind but I guess talking, talking we must have passed it by. Half an hour from the MOMA we found ourselves in front of the Guggenheim, the astonishing white building that was Frank Lloyd Wright's last project. Why not? We said to ourselves. And so we walked right in.
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is one of the many great landmarks in the state of Colorado. The museum provides different exhibits to help kids and adults learn about a specific topic—space, mines, or landscapes. In 1868 Edwin Carter promoted the creation of a museum with multiple collections in Colorado wildlife. Carter sold his collection to Denver for $10,000 in 1892. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science opened its doors to the public in 1908.
As I walk into the museum onto the first level, there are many different halls surrounding. To my left there is the African mammal exhibit. There are so many different creatures displayed, ranging from desert to rainforest. Some of the animals that are displayed are the Arabian Oryx, Savanna Elephant, Spotted Hyena, Hippopotamus and Okapi. When you browse there exhibits you are able to study and learn detail information. I learned that due to human encroachm...
On Thursday 13, 2014, I visited the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park, New York City. When I first entered the museum I saw the dinosaurs that were another revelation. I felt the excitement rushing through my veins. In the museum, I observed and took notes on many exhibits that I enjoyed in my assigned hall and other halls.
I've visited the Carnegie Museum of Natural History here in Pittsburgh. I decided to take a look at the Egyptian exhibit specifically the Walton wall of ancient Egypt. The exhibit it well put together and organized there's a lot of labeling and I'll plenty of different artifacts to see. They have a picture that shows you the chronology of ancient Egypt with the different periods and dynasties. This picture includes all of the dates so you can see what dynasties were alive in Egypt at what time and match it up with the artifacts that they have on the walls. This one picture is one of the most important and informative pieces in the entire exhibit. They also have many pieces that directly correlate with their everyday culture. This ranges anywhere
I was lucky enough to visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in November of last year. The museum was located in somewhat of a museum park. The Rijks museum and the Stedelijk Museum are located on the same block. A beautiful landscape of ponds and trees are centered around them. The Van Gogh Museum has an audio tour available in all languages via a handheld tour guide. Unfortunately, funds limited me to get the audio tour, but I was able to nonchalantly follow a British couple around most of the five floors. The museum chronologically directes you through a collection of Van Gogh's and his contemporery's works.
As I walked in and looked around, I noticed how big it was and how many people there were. There was not only amazing art, but great views of Los Angeles, which I found really impressive as well. The work of art that caught my eye was Claude Monet’s oil painting Sunrise c. 1873. To its left was The Portail of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light c. 1894 and to the right was Still Life with Flowers and Fruit c. 1869. The subject of the sea from Monet’s Sunrise I was able to associate it with, Hokouasi’s Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji c. 1826-1833. The museum was a very fun experience, and finding a piece of art from our readings in class made the experience a lot more rewarding, because I was able to take what I learned in class and apply it outside of
When first arriving at the museum it was an old styled, rustic, building that was not very modern, which I think fits into the theme of the museum. The outside of the building had history, similar to how the inside of museum is filled with a history. There was also an impressive statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt. I thought it was an interesting display, but Theodore Roosevelt was an advocate for the preservation of national parks and the conservation of animals, moreover, I thought it was a great tribute to him. I think the outside of the museum shows how rich the history of the world is and there is so much to learn. The past has been polished for the people of the present to understand and admire. Overall, I felt every exhibit was easy to understand and not intimidating; subsequently, it was easy for children and adults to look at.