Describe at least one exhibit in detail and tell me how it made you feel. Why did you find it interesting? Convince me.
I really liked the Civil War Medicine exhibit. The exhibit featured a lot of facts and information on the types of medicine that was available during the war, and what the doctors on the battlefield did to try to save the lives of the wounded soldiers.
How was the exhibit arranged? Did you need additional help from a museum docent to understand the exhibit or could you understand it without additional help? Explain.
The museum was well organized with directions on the walls to show you where each exhibit was. A museum docent pointed me in the direction of the exhibit I was looking for when I first walked into the museum, but after the first set of instructions, I figure out everything else by myself.
Were the items in the exhibit well crafted? Were the items professionally crafted or did they have folk-like quality? How could you tell?
A lot of the displays at the exhibit did not need to be crafted because they were just artifacts, but the objects that did need to be crafted were very well done. One of the displays was so well done and realistic that when I first saw it, I thought the people in it were actually real. You can tell that the people who constructed this part of the museum worked really hard on it and would most likely be pleased by the reaction it evokes from viewers.
What can you tell me about the artists or designers of the objects in the exhibit? (There should be a printed sheet on the wall or ask a museum docent.)
I couldn't really find much information about the exhibit but on one of the walls, it said the exhibit was sponsored by Heartland Health and Missouri Humanities Council. You can tell that the people who put the exhibit together had done a lot of research on the people and the information in the exhibit, because of how well composed the exhibit was. Some information posted on different walls show that some distant relatives of the people involved in the Civil War donated items and money to help the museum and some of the people from the war and some events of the war had connections to the state of Missouri; some parts of the war took place in Missouri and some of the people were either born in Missouri or had lived in Missouri for some time.
How do the exhibits you discovered correlate to your universal truth?
I spent a lot of time in the Civil War Medicine exhibit and although it wasn't entire about the fighting aspects of the Civil War, it was mentioned a lot. The Civil War was a battle for power. One half of the US no longer wanted to allow slavery to continue, but the other half didn't want to let it go. The Americans had gotten too out of control with their self-proclaimed powers and many of the slaves could stand it no longer. While some slaves kept following instructions, a good amount of them escaped from their owners, and when the Civil War eventually broke out, many slaves joined the Union side to help fight for their independence.
What ideas or new information did you learn from this museum visit? How might that information be helpful in the future?
The most interesting thing that I learned from my museum visit was the fact that during the Civil War, most of the deaths were caused by diseases. Infections and diseases led to more people dying than the actual fighting that took place. With our many advances in medicine and health care, our society does not have to worry about diseases being the leading cause of death in a war, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't stay focused on it and make sure that it's under control. Knowing that diseases were what killed the most people during the war, if there ever is another war (and hopefully there isn't) we can use our advance medical skills to make sure that diseases don't kill as many people as they had in the past.
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The questions and information on the walls in the Civil War Medicine exhibit at the Glore Psychiatric Museum provide examples to show how far people are willing to go to oppose their suppressors and rule their own lives. All sorts of questions and fun facts are displayed in this exhibit and one of the information on display was the fact that during the Civil War, 750,000 soldiers fought for the Confederate while 2 million fought for the Union. It is obvious that the Union side had significantly more soldiers during the war, which helped contribute to their victory. The reason why the North had so much more people fighting for them is because it wasn't just the citizens that were taking a part in the war; many escaped (as well as non-escaped) slaves were also fighting for the Union. The Civil War was started because slavery had become a controversial issue in the country and was driving the citizens apart. The slaves no longer wanted to be slaves and so when they war broke out, they sided with the team that would get them what they wanted. On a different wall in the exhibit, it was displaying information on the medical treatment provided for the soldiers, on both sides, during the war. The information given tells about how people from both sides of the war died mostly due to the outbreak of disease and lack of much knowledge in the medical field. Despite the horrors that surrounded every soldier, they continued to fought. The South, with the determination to become their own country and to continue using slaves; the North, with the determination to bring the nation back together and to set the slaves free. The slaves' desire to put an end to the mistreatment they received from their owners with self-proclaimed power over the slaves, allowed them to push through all the terror that the war brought on. The slaves' ambition to end their owners' abuse of power led them to join the Union and helped them push through the harshness of the Civil War and led to their ultimate victory over the Confederates.
- Museum: Glore Psychiatric Museum
- Describe at least one exhibit in detail and tell me how it made you feel. Why did you find it interesting? Convince me.
I really liked the Civil War Medicine exhibit. The exhibit featured a lot of facts and information on the types of medicine that was available during the war, and what the doctors on the battlefield did to try to save the lives of the wounded soldiers.- How was the exhibit arranged? Did you need additional help from a museum docent to understand the exhibit or could you understand it without additional help? Explain.
The museum was well organized with directions on the walls to show you where each exhibit was. A museum docent pointed me in the direction of the exhibit I was looking for when I first walked into the museum, but after the first set of instructions, I figure out everything else by myself.- Were the items in the exhibit well crafted? Were the items professionally crafted or did they have folk-like quality? How could you tell?
A lot of the displays at the exhibit did not need to be crafted because they were just artifacts, but the objects that did need to be crafted were very well done. One of the displays was so well done and realistic that when I first saw it, I thought the people in it were actually real. You can tell that the people who constructed this part of the museum worked really hard on it and would most likely be pleased by the reaction it evokes from viewers.- What can you tell me about the artists or designers of the objects in the exhibit? (There should be a printed sheet on the wall or ask a museum docent.)
I couldn't really find much information about the exhibit but on one of the walls, it said the exhibit was sponsored by Heartland Health and Missouri Humanities Council. You can tell that the people who put the exhibit together had done a lot of research on the people and the information in the exhibit, because of how well composed the exhibit was. Some information posted on different walls show that some distant relatives of the people involved in the Civil War donated items and money to help the museum and some of the people from the war and some events of the war had connections to the state of Missouri; some parts of the war took place in Missouri and some of the people were either born in Missouri or had lived in Missouri for some time.- How do the exhibits you discovered correlate to your universal truth?
I spent a lot of time in the Civil War Medicine exhibit and although it wasn't entire about the fighting aspects of the Civil War, it was mentioned a lot. The Civil War was a battle for power. One half of the US no longer wanted to allow slavery to continue, but the other half didn't want to let it go. The Americans had gotten too out of control with their self-proclaimed powers and many of the slaves could stand it no longer. While some slaves kept following instructions, a good amount of them escaped from their owners, and when the Civil War eventually broke out, many slaves joined the Union side to help fight for their independence.- What ideas or new information did you learn from this museum visit? How might that information be helpful in the future?
The most interesting thing that I learned from my museum visit was the fact that during the Civil War, most of the deaths were caused by diseases. Infections and diseases led to more people dying than the actual fighting that took place. With our many advances in medicine and health care, our society does not have to worry about diseases being the leading cause of death in a war, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't stay focused on it and make sure that it's under control. Knowing that diseases were what killed the most people during the war, if there ever is another war (and hopefully there isn't) we can use our advance medical skills to make sure that diseases don't kill as many people as they had in the past.DOUBLE TIQA
The questions and information on the walls in the Civil War Medicine exhibit at the Glore Psychiatric Museum provide examples to show how far people are willing to go to oppose their suppressors and rule their own lives. All sorts of questions and fun facts are displayed in this exhibit and one of the information on display was the fact that during the Civil War, 750,000 soldiers fought for the Confederate while 2 million fought for the Union. It is obvious that the Union side had significantly more soldiers during the war, which helped contribute to their victory. The reason why the North had so much more people fighting for them is because it wasn't just the citizens that were taking a part in the war; many escaped (as well as non-escaped) slaves were also fighting for the Union. The Civil War was started because slavery had become a controversial issue in the country and was driving the citizens apart. The slaves no longer wanted to be slaves and so when they war broke out, they sided with the team that would get them what they wanted. On a different wall in the exhibit, it was displaying information on the medical treatment provided for the soldiers, on both sides, during the war. The information given tells about how people from both sides of the war died mostly due to the outbreak of disease and lack of much knowledge in the medical field. Despite the horrors that surrounded every soldier, they continued to fought. The South, with the determination to become their own country and to continue using slaves; the North, with the determination to bring the nation back together and to set the slaves free. The slaves' desire to put an end to the mistreatment they received from their owners with self-proclaimed power over the slaves, allowed them to push through all the terror that the war brought on. The slaves' ambition to end their owners' abuse of power led them to join the Union and helped them push through the harshness of the Civil War and led to their ultimate victory over the Confederates.