High Plains Museum History

During my tour I felt like I was walking into a different century due to evidence of the street and building’s vibrant history. The young woman who conducted the tour guide was clearly interested and enthusiastic as she asked us about our history. There were fifteen people including myself taking the tour. I went on two tours both lasted two hours each, the Hard Times: Tour and Discussion and the “Then and Now” Tour. The Hard times tour is located on the second floor of the museum. Before the tour, the tour guide provided remarkable history of the lives of immigrants who lived at 97 Orchard Street, their struggles, the lack of food, heat, hot water, and money made it very challenging. The tour guide also discussed one of the family’s survival during the economic depression era. The tour focused on two families who lived at the tenement the Gumpertz family (1800s) and Baldizzi family (1930s). The apartments of the tenement were very small with thin walls, very humid and cracks were evident in the boarded floor. I was able to link course material related to the great depression in the 1930s that occurred after the stock market crashed and President Federick D. Roosevelt addressed the great depression with the New Deal

The effect of being Plains Indians located on a reservation in Oklahoma during the 1900. Between 1865 and 1900 there have numerous events that have occurred for the plains Indians that changed their way of thinking, and their way of life here in the United States of America. It all started with as a simple introduction of the horses, buffalo, boarding schools, loss of land and major attacks on the Indians.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum publically showcases Mrs. Gardner's collection in the greater Boston area. Each room functions as a chapter of a pilgrimage. When one travels through various countries and time periods, one inevitably ends up in a gallery built in the imitation of a chapel, and subsequently the Gothic room. In this paper, I will examine the Gothic room's theme in relation to the placement of its objects. I will also evaluate the room's strengths and challenges in serving the public, and how the conventions employed in this room contribute to the general accessibility of the museum.

Given that this “visit” was more like a virtual experience, I was still able to access a couple of my senses, just as if I was at the actual exhibition. Through the use of anecdotes and detailed images, I am able to see all of the personal experiences an individual had while practicing a particular dance and what it meant to them. In this exhibition, there are ten different dances displayed, including the: Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance, Yakama Girl’s Fancy Shawl Dance, Cubeo Óyne Dance, Yoreme Pajko’ora Dance, Mapuche Mütrüm Purun, Tlingit Ku.éex ' Entrance Dance, Lakota Men’s Northern Traditional Dance, Seminole Stomp Dance, Hopi Butterfly Dance, and finally, Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance). All parts of the exhibit were insightful, but the two that sparked my interest the most were the Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance and the Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance).

Art in Nebraska and the Great Plains has been shaped by its diverse groups of inhabitants. Czechs are one of many groups who added and enhanced artistic endeavors inside Nebraska and the Great Plains. Czechs have a rich history of artistic pursuits. Famous musicians such as Dvorak and Smetana, and the country’s long theatrical history have shaped Czech individuals. The arts are in many ways at the heart of Czech culture. Czechs brought this mindset with them into Nebraska and the Great Plains. Czech immigration, during the 19th and 20th century, contributed to the culture and arts of Nebraska and the Great Plains as a whole; especially through music, theater, furniture making, and the Wilber Czech festival.

Founded in 1965, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History showcases the world's largest permanent exhibit on African American culture. My visits there are always educational and profoundly moving. The museum has an incredible perspective on the past and the present journey of African Americans. At the same time, it takes us on a comprehensive journey of the African American contribution to the world. Today, I will take us on that journey and paint a vivid image of Charles H. Wright Museum.

It must have been 13 years or so since I have been to the art museum, back in elementary school, on a one of a kind field trip. 13 years is way too long to have been away from the art museum, as my experience this year reminded me that. It was a beautiful, sunny October day, although it felt like July, and it was an even better day to talk a walk through the vast, mesmerizing pieces of art that the museum has to offer. The North Carolina Museum of Art provides an abundance of artwork from various time periods, cultures, and one can find art anywhere from Egyptian, to classical, to modern and contemporary art. The artwork that the museum provides not only displays an abundance of artwork, but

When the opportunity to attend the local Peteetneet Schoolhouse Museum transpired, many historical facts would be discovered. Upon arrival the large two story stone building resembled something from a pioneer movie. The museum guide quickly came to escort myself through the exhibit and shared her mass amount of information. The historical building housed the information of local Mormon settlers and the steady cultural clash between the Ute, Paiute and Navajo Indians. Along with interesting information and artifacts, the museum brought to life the struggles of early settler’s.

A new exhibit on the history of crime in Lake County, “Crime and Punishment”, is open for the summer at the Courthouse Museum in Lakeport. Stagecoach robbers, a notorious sneak thief and a gang of murderous miners are featured in the same building their sentences were handed out.

The document begins with a recount of how life was during the Great Depression by Morey Skaret. By the time he began high school, the whole town was well into the Great Depression. (America Firsthand 187) He graduated with his diploma and later became a bum to help relieve the load on the home place. (America Firsthand 187) Morey and his good friend, Charlie Shellfisher, left Seattle in the spring and returned before the winter. Charlie and Morey usually rode freight trains and when a gondola car was empty of grain or coal, they would get shelter from the wind inside. If they couldn’t get inside a freight car, they would then catch a passenger train and “ride the blinds”. (America Firsthand 187) On one occasion they had been scrambling out from under a car to face a railway ss23security officer in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He promptly had asked them how much money they had on them and when they answered that they did not have any he took them under arrest. They later had figured out that when someone in town needed workers, the railway security officers would provide the. They spent four days carrying books from one side of the street to the other. They spent three nights in jail, where their meals would arrive in a bucket. (America Firsthand 188) They then skipped to the next town over where Charlie became sick. Morey had left him inside a box filled with newspaper to try and keep him warm while he went to look for work. He ended up cleaning the trashcans of a baker who in return

As the city of Chicago prepped for the 1893 World’s Fair Columbian Exposition, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World, people all over the world brought artifacts to the city. To keep these artifacts in the city long after the Exposition ended, Edward Ayer and Marshall Field established the Columbian Museum. Built using Field’s money, Columbian Museum would go on to house world artifacts as well as function as a research institution. As time passed, the museum eventually changed names to the Field Museum of Natural History and moved buildings to its much larger current location on Museum Campus. Today, the Field Museum continues to be an innovating research institution and stable of the Chicagoland community.

The West Georgia Museum of Tallapoosa is a blast from the past for most of the older generation while the younger generations get to see how their grandparents or great grandparents got to live long before they were born. The overall theme of the museum is honoring and memorializing the old city of Tallapoosa. When exploring the little museum, there are displays of old stores and work offices such as a dentist office or a doctor’s office display from the 1800’s. These displays are interesting to look at because most of the stuff on display in each of these rooms are actual items from that time or very close to that era. When viewing these rooms, there is a button viewers can press which activates a narrator to tell them what they are viewing

The Plain Indians live by the Mississippi and Rocky mountains. The Plains live in tepees because they lived on flat ground so it was easy to move them.The tepees are located in the front right of the exhibit. The Plain Indians had access to fresh water they stored their water in watersheds.The watershed is located in the back middle by the hill in the exhibit. The Plain Indians had farms. They had farms because if they didn’t have any meat they have something to eat. The farm is located next to the tepees in the exhibit. They had tall grass where ever they didn’t have trails. The tall grass is located to the left of our tepees in the exhibit. The Plains indians used their landscape to kill animals without using as much energy.

I was born in Tyler, Texas and have lived the entire 18 years of my life in the place. All the time I have spent here has provided me the opportunity to familiarize myself with all aspects of the city. Overtime, the city has grown both in terms of population and infrastructure. The best part is that even with all the growth and development, the city has always attached great importance to its history. For this purpose, Smith County Historical Society was formed back in 1959 and is still active today.

Have you ever wondered what your great grandma’s lunch box look like? You probably see something similar at The National museum of American History. The National Museum of American History has a variety of cool and sometimes weird exhibits to reminds us what certain and objects do to affect today’s lifestyle.