Going into the Night at the Museum as a pre-med student, I initially thought the event wasn’t really for me. Sure, the Art Majors would probably have a blast, but what relevance could art have to my field or future goals? Then I spoke to an upperclassman friend who was taking a Human Anatomy class, and she told me that one of her assignments was to visit the Brooklyn Museum and analyze sculptures of people to study bone structure and posture. I was intrigued by that assignment, and after hearing about it, I started to see how connected art could be to science. I realized that art can be reflected in everything — even in medicine.

At the Museum, I saw a variety of beautiful sculptures and paintings. Many were magnificent and lavish, but more importantly, each portrayed a unique message. I saw voices in the paintings: messages that couldn’t be captured by a thousand words. That night taught me that art is a language where pictures speak and thoughts are formed, and that each artist has their own voice — just as every person has their own place in art.

In Biology lab, we sketch the organisms we observe because images can describe what words cannot. Through pictures, we visualize what’s otherwise hard to grasp. My experience at the Museum reminded me how deeply art and science are connected— both are tools to understand the human body and the world around us.