Chicago Museum Experience

In my visit to the Chicago History Museum (Chicago Historical Society)- on Saturday, June 18th, 2016- I experienced and was subject to visual study of various artifacts and exhibits which greatly expanded the range of my views and thoughts on history and the various smaller components which make up the history of a place, person, or thing. Such exhibits ranged from minute details making up a whole gallery on the evolution of everyday clothing and costumes in Chicago to major events which have impacted the structure of the city like the Chicago Fire which has grand and whole rooms and/or wings of the museum dedicated to them. This layout of the museum helped me understand that History, like many other fields of study, is made up of various parts or events which all cohesively blend together to help the general public have …show more content…
In surplus, while the majority of my visit was information that I had a certain extent of prior knowledge on, there were some parts of the museum that were rather interesting and majorly beneficial to my understanding of the city of Chicago. One exhibit which provided me with this experience was the life-size model of a train compartment which we were able to enter, walk around in, and even spend time like everyday passengers would. The exhibit mainly allowed me to realize the difference in sanity and comfort conditions in trains now and then and how much the city of Chicago has grown in the aspect of public transportation. In similarity, a gallery which offered me this opportunity was the collection on Fashion Illustrations which exhibited the numerous drawing and creative styles designers used in the