Understanding Museums

Museums give us a connection to arts, culture, and history through the vast collections and exhibitions in their facilities. The reason why I posted some blogs about some of my favorite museums is to show the diverse types of museums and collections that are out there. There are so many types of museums and ways they have displayed their collections. Every collection offers varied experiences for its patrons and having creative ways to tell the stories behind their collections.

 Employee at B.F. Goodrich Tire Company in Miami, Oklahoma (Photo from Ottawa County Historical Society Collection- Dobson Museum in Miami, Oklahoma) 

Photographs are able to tell great deal about stories of the exhibits within museums. The above picture is from the B.F. Goodrich exhibit, which went on display in February 2012 at the Dobson Museum. There is so much more to building exhibits, than just artifacts or original materials. Many great exhibitions include videos and other secondary materials that evoke a message just as powerful as primary source materials and artifacts. My plan for future blogs is to go into greater detail about the processes of being an intern in a museum and working with exhibits just like the B.F. Goodrich exhibit and many others.