Night at the Museum

This experience reinforce my previous ideas about museums because during the presentation, when they answered the question of what is a museum, it changed my perspective. I realized that I never really stopped to think about what was a museum, I just always saw it as a place where history lives and to shed light on these historic events. Then after listening, it really stood with me that a museum is a place that shared stories and that everything is telling a story. I never saw museums from this perspective but walking around and seeing the sculptures and all these beautiful pieces and reading the context, I understood that this is a home for all these stories to live and shine light on these events. My experience really reinforced this idea of sharing and spreading awareness to historic events but also brought me to a new perspective of a home to all these stories. I would 100% encourage other Macaulay students to visit the museum because it was such a fun and informative experience. For me personally learning history can be a bit boring but learning and discussing with my group made it such an enjoyable experience!