Chicago Trip
In Field Museum, we saw ancient history, from the history of Pompeii to the full-size replica of Sue, the T-Rex.
Our first destination was the exhibition of buried treasures and human drama of the people in Pompeii. Around 2000 years ago, a vibrant society disappeared beneath the ashes of Vesuvius. One night, while people were unaware of Vesuvius eruption, the ashes and lava came and destroyed the whole civilization. Some people tried to escaped and brought their belongings just like jewelry, gold coins, etc. They seemed to be pretty rich there. In fact one of Julius Caesar relatives lived there as well. However, they could escape nowhere. From the replica of the body structure we can see their last positions, some tried to protect their family, some tried to scream, some tried to hide...
The major difference between this museum and the other museums that I've visited was the musical background. In this Pompeii gallery there was music background that could light up the atmosphere as if we were at that Vesuvius moment. After Pompeii, we went through the other part of the museum, including the part of dinosaurs exploration. It was HUGE!
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That was the end of my first day trip to Chicago. Actually there was another good museum: The Oceanarium. However since it was getting late, we skipped it and decided to go home.
I've learned several things today.
First, there are many ways to have a more attractive museum. From an interactive format in Adler to the usage of musical background to lighten up the ambience. They also have good marketing strategy to promote the museum: free admission day, special museum package using the chicago citypass, even promoting special events through their website.
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Our first destination was the exhibition of buried treasures and human drama of the people in Pompeii. Around 2000 years ago, a vibrant society disappeared beneath the ashes of Vesuvius. One night, while people were unaware of Vesuvius eruption, the ashes and lava came and destroyed the whole civilization. Some people tried to escaped and brought their belongings just like jewelry, gold coins, etc. They seemed to be pretty rich there. In fact one of Julius Caesar relatives lived there as well. However, they could escape nowhere. From the replica of the body structure we can see their last positions, some tried to protect their family, some tried to scream, some tried to hide...
The major difference between this museum and the other museums that I've visited was the musical background. In this Pompeii gallery there was music background that could light up the atmosphere as if we were at that Vesuvius moment. After Pompeii, we went through the other part of the museum, including the part of dinosaurs exploration. It was HUGE!
http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
That was the end of my first day trip to Chicago. Actually there was another good museum: The Oceanarium. However since it was getting late, we skipped it and decided to go home.
I've learned several things today.
First, there are many ways to have a more attractive museum. From an interactive format in Adler to the usage of musical background to lighten up the ambience. They also have good marketing strategy to promote the museum: free admission day, special museum package using the chicago citypass, even promoting special events through their website.
Read more...
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