Museum Observation

The world sees museums as a place to go to be entertained or to learn about something. One of the world’s most popular museum resides in the upper west side of New York City. Aside from it being a tourist spot, it’s also one of the biggest museums and holds a huge collection of artifacts varying from different times of history. An approximation of the amount of artifacts is, “8 million, but many curators will privately admit that this is most likely a guess.” (Preston, :176). What people don’t know about this museum is the actual history of those artifacts shown on display. To a typical visitor those small trinkets of stuff behind glass is nothing really significant, but to the culture it belonged to those things could mean much more. In this …show more content…
This exhibit mainly focused on the evolution of humans, physically, mentally, and genetically. It goes as far back to 6 million years ago to present day. Once I walked through the entrance my senses of sight and hearing were completely engaged. There were many attractions to this exhibit and that is one of the reasons why I believe so many people were visiting this certain hall. As I walked through the exhibit I found the artifacts to be displayed by chronological order.. In addition to that there were many bright lights and sounds that made it appeal to our senses. In the background one could hear video commentaries playing and people using the interactive features of the …show more content…
My last visit there was about 10 years ago. As a child, I was only interested in the more popular exhibits. Revisiting as an adult, I now realize that there are more important things than the aesthetics of an artifact or display. I feel I have gained a more opened mind and respect to the actual cultures that are shown. Furthermore, I also learned that these artifacts that people decided to share to the public have a deeper meaning to them than just what regular people think they are. The history and stories behind them are what makes them