Historically for many years, museums have been a center of entertainment, a center for teaching, and a center for enjoying with friends and family the wonderful collections of history. The importance of museums serve as a way to expand curiosity and open opportunities to experience new possibilities and explore the world around us. While most people think of natural history museums as places of public entertainment, the importance of the national museums of history featuring a collection of documented historical events, provides the greatest impact for our people and our nation.
Visiting history museums like the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, is a great way to experience our country’s history. Here visitors can see the stories that brought to light our greatest inventions and our victories. Portraying one of our most important inventions like Thomas Edison’s first light bulb, helps Americans see how the light bulb completely revolutionized the world and make us think, how would our lives have been by now if we did not have …show more content…
Today, the National museum of Natural History cares for about 126.5 million wonderful and precious artifacts and specimens. Many visitors enjoy coming to see many of the ancient dinosaur fossil that has existed for million years, rare gemstones such as uniquely colored diamonds, plant fossils, mammals, and many other artifacts that laid beneath the ancient seas. However, even though the exhibitions of this museum are appealing and interesting, they do not provide a great impact on many common people. Meaning, that knowing about natural science could be useful at times, but learning about our history’s past is more important because throughout generations many changes have happened some in which changed the lives of many
Visiting history museums like the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, is a great way to experience our country’s history. Here visitors can see the stories that brought to light our greatest inventions and our victories. Portraying one of our most important inventions like Thomas Edison’s first light bulb, helps Americans see how the light bulb completely revolutionized the world and make us think, how would our lives have been by now if we did not have …show more content…
Today, the National museum of Natural History cares for about 126.5 million wonderful and precious artifacts and specimens. Many visitors enjoy coming to see many of the ancient dinosaur fossil that has existed for million years, rare gemstones such as uniquely colored diamonds, plant fossils, mammals, and many other artifacts that laid beneath the ancient seas. However, even though the exhibitions of this museum are appealing and interesting, they do not provide a great impact on many common people. Meaning, that knowing about natural science could be useful at times, but learning about our history’s past is more important because throughout generations many changes have happened some in which changed the lives of many