I went to the museum of Natural History today. This is one of my favorite museums in New York City. History is one of my favorite subjects. I love global history and learning about other cultures. The museum of natural history is a place that allows me to learn about so mnay different places. I took a tour around the museum and got to see some cool exhibits. One of the exhibits that I thought was really interesting was the hall of the universe. As I walked into the hall I thought of the Kraus reading and our class discussion about how museums display photos and other works of art in certain settings to enhance the viewers experience. In the hall of the universe different space items are on display. There is a giant metorite, some space satellites and different pictures of stars and the milky way. As I was looking at all the different displays I noticed that the whole place looked like outer space. The exhibit is under this giant ball which is the planeterium. The staircase circles around the planeteriu. When looking at it from underneath it actually looks like saturn. The whole exibit is modeled with stainless steal. It looks like a space station. There are different satellites placed in varous points around the exibit that look like ones that circle the earth. There is even a giant metorite placed right in the center. Everything looks as if its floating around in space. The musuem plays different sounds that sound like what a spaceship would. I thought this was all very interesting. The museum created the effect that you were in space. As I walked through the different rooms the settings changed to match what was being displayed. My favorite was the north american animals display. As I went from each animal display the lighting and scenery changed. It was like taveling around the world. I felt like I was actually in each animals natural enviroment. I never really noticed how much work museums put into displaying things. They really create ideal settings to make there displays look great.