Museums

I really don't feel like writing too much because my last few were very long. Mainly what we did was visit four different museums in Madison, the Chazen Museum of Art, the UW-Madison Geology Museum, the UW Zoological Museum, and the L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum. Now what I am so posed to do with the whole, this is what we did at the museums, is show how it has to do with what I think science is.

For the Chazen Museum of Art, well its a little difficult to compare art to science, but I managed it some how. The paintings and sculptures all had to be imagined before they were actually created. That is the same with science, and inventing things to help the human race. There were a few displays that answered the questions I was told to answer.
the first one was Which display best represents your thoughts and/or feelings about your current major and career goals?
The display I thought answered this question was "The Artist's Studio." I thought it showed the idea of what I want to do with my major, I want to gather with people in my area of expertise (engineering) but we have different ideas. I want to discuss with them and then together make something brilliant.

The second question was Which display had the most affect on you, good or bad?
The painting I found that right away spoke to me was "Lady at Fireplace." The painting, the she was sitting alone, reading. I do this so often, and I feel people think I am a loner or sad. This makes me think 'why can't people just be alone for a bit and gather thoughts?' This woman is calm, not over emotional, not in need for someone to feel sorry for her. This is how I am many a time. I don't know if you would consider this a good or bad affect, but it affected me and made me think so much more.

The third question was 'Which display represents the concept of 'growth'?
I found a painting called French Landscape. It is a woman standing off a dirt path, and I feel as though it answers this question. She is standing back, and looking at a bunch of animals. She is protecting herself with a stick in her hand, perhaps she learned from a past mistake? She is off the beaten path, and going her own way. She is observing and learning. She is growing.

I arrived at the UW Zoological Museum at 1:50 pm, and they informed me that they were closed, but for some reason they liked the way my group was interested in the STEM fields, and gave us the grand tour. This museum was particularly interesting. I liked how a piece of history is preserved like that and it helps in learning and planning about the future. The process that is taken to preserve the animals and bones is incredible. The facilities are complex but pen to the students and are hands on, which is what I enjoy about science and labs. With the entire time my group was there, we left around 3:00 pm.

At 3:05 pm I arrived at the UW Madison Geology Museum. I did not like this museum, it did not really make me feel as though it related to my area of the STEM fields. The part of the museum I liked was the Cave. I was liking how I could hear the echo, and it made me want to find out how there could be an echo in a plastic cave. I looked around and found the microphone. This was very disappointing to me, because that takes away the wonder of the cave. We left the museum at 3:30, because I attempted to become more interested in the rocks, but I just could not manage it.

I arrived at the last museum at 3:35 pm, and I instantly knew I would like the L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum. I loved how hands on it was. All the activities and having the description as to how and why they worked; influencing the machines to change the outcome is what I really enjoyed doing. Trial and error, the very basics of science. Even if I did not understand what the activities explained, I got the general idea.