Event 1-Natural History Museum

For my first event I went to the Natural History Museum. I want to start of by saying that out of all the times that I have been there, this is honestly the first time that I was able to look at this museum within the concept of art and not history. Something like the Getty is different for me because the Getty has actual paintings on the walls but the Natural History Museum doesn't at least not like the Getty. I say this because, I took my daughter and as I walked into the museum, you notice that its an art piece in itself because its setup to be unique and this architecture is designed/ modeled with artifacts and bones.

The picture below shows, what I would call a 3D figure of Indians Walking West. When I looked at this I felt like I was looking at art and it was not a painting. I always referenced art to drawing and painting, art was whatever Da Vinci, Picasso,  and Kahlo painted. So looking at this 3D figure it hit me that its art. Just like the stuffed animals, that was art and the scenes, they were encompassed in was part of the art. For example, the bison have a backdrop of mountains but the artists put dirt and bones and a stream so that we can have a full picture in our heads. Or the Dinosaur bones, they aren't just sectioned off with labels. The real art is that the artifact is used as a decoration and it makes it much more valuable because you don't only indulge in the beauty of the artifact but in the way that it is displayed.  


 

Another thing that I really liked were the rock/ mineral collections. I have always found rocks fascinating. I especially love Amethyst. I like how this simple rock/mineral, is something that is part of nature and it grows in nature. It leaves you at awe because this is not something designed it just creates it self some of these things are the most beautiful of the world. So it comes to tell you that are is not just something that someone creates and incorporates into the world but it is something that can create and and replicate it self.


Lastly, I always enjoy coming here because its a place in which you can see a lot of different things, displayed in different forms. I appreciate that now I wont just look at museums as a part of history that is representing an old history but as an art form.