CDC Museum Observation

During the CDC museum visit, the two exhibits I found the most interesting were "Where Children Sleep: Photographs by James Mollison" and the Iron Lung. Both of these exhibits caught my attention and I learned a lot from the tour guide, especially about the iron lung and polio. The “Where Children Sleep” exhibit was very enlightening and it was fascinating to see how different children live across the united states and the world. In the photos that I took pictures of, there was a young boy form Italy and a young boy from brazil and both were around the same age. The stark contrast between how they live was thought provoking; the young boy from Italy was homeschooled with his siblings in a nice home on the country side and lived freely and comfortably,
while the young boy from Brazil lived in the streets often on thrown out furniture like the couch in the photo and only saw his family sparingly. The stories about the children photographed in the exhibit show me how people live around the world and how different my upbringing was in comparison, especially those who lived in the united states and in areas not far from where I grew up. The iron lung was very exciting to see because I had never see one in person and I really didn’t know how exactly they worked and that they were used by individuals with polio. I learned a great deal from the tour guide about these two topics and the other topics she covered.