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
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I firmly believe that the point of visiting a museum is to educate one on how things once were in the past through its display of artifacts‚ exhibits‚ art‚ cultural objects‚ etc. Its purpose is to let you imagine what it was like during a time you were not apart of or‚ in some cases‚ allow you to look back at a time you were apart of when you were very young. The African-American Museum of Long Island did a great job at presenting some of the many African-American contributions to society. In addition
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Art is in the eye of the beholder. One person may like something while someone else may see it in a different way. While visiting the Appleton Museum‚ I got in touch with my artist side. European artwork dating back 600 years ago often resembles the Mona Lisa‚ Attributed to Berardino (portrait of a woman). This painting is the oldest in the Appleton Museum often referred to by the guards as The Appleton Mona. Some say the portrait was painted the same time as the Mona Lisa. Even though there is
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Review of excursion to the History Museum Group „Zagreb“: Alina Kadyrova‚ Ainhoa Estrada‚ Abraham Penasco‚ Abril Alcantara‚ Alfredo Betancourt Our first visit was to the History Museum of Zagreb. There we saw an exibition about the ship „Gagliana Grosa“‚ which was sank on his way from Venice to Constantinople. This ship was made in Venice in 1569‚ but the owner was Eduarno Gagliano. It is believed that the ship sank because it was overlaoded‚ but it might have also been attacked by pirates. The
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Buffalo Soldiers Museum Loucious Windom History 2381 Professor Antrece Baggétt October 11‚ 2013 American history is full of great soldiers who have lost their lives for the greater good. This greater good consisted of freedom for America and other countries we protected. With so many wars in American history (over 16) there is one group of soldiers that have participated in every war America has taken part in. They are called the Buffalo Soldiers. They were one of the most influential
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A Visit to the Student Union This is one more English project. Today‚ our teacher has instructed us to form small teams and look around at the one assigned scenario‚ and then write an essay of our observations. My partner and I got to make our observations to the Student Union. Being around 2:20 p.m.‚ and knowing how many students are attending classes at that time‚ it amazes me that a big amount of people from different ages‚ keep coming to our Student Union to find out information about the
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man named Adolf Hitler. Now that we were learning it again and that we went to visit the Museum of Tolerance‚ I remember that Adolf Hitler attacked all of the Jews because of who they are and what they thought was right. Now visiting the Museum and refreshing my memory‚ I remember that they captured all of the Jews and sent them to concentration camps for them to work until they died or until they got lucky to leave. Museum of Tolerance is evidence of my growth because when we went as a school they
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Journal-" Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " - Walt Whitman " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " is a poem told from a man on a ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The journey begins with the man leaning over a railing look into the water. The man ( Walt Whitman ) sees the clouds and the sun set reflected in the water and personifies them as "you". Throughout the poem Whitman will personify many other things in the poem. The business people and workers on the ferry a reflectively "curious" to him.
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©marie morgan 2007 - The Brooklyn Follies From until p. 4 “and do something”” Situation of the passage : This passage marks the very beginning of Paul Auster’s novel‚ which is entitled Brooklyn Follies. It was published in France before the United States‚ where it was released in 2005. ◊ To entitle the first chapter of the novel‚ Auster used a musical term ‘Overture’1. In an opera‚ an overture is played by musical instruments before the actual opening scene. Indeed‚ Auster starts his story
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After lacrosse practice on the afternoon of March 21st Joe‚ Ryan and myself made our way to the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan where we explored the Gauguin‚ Frank Lloyd Wright‚ and John Cage exhibits. I was very surprised with the amount of people that were in attendance at the museum that afternoon; I guess when one of the most famous museums in the country gives out free tickets everyone takes advantage of it. At first I just wanted go to the specific exhibits‚ but once I started looking around
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