Mines, mines, and more mines!

So today was our second time visiting the Deutsches Museum, since its so huge, that our visit on Thursday was not enough to see everything. Unlike Thursday though, today we concentrated on the History of Medicine, Pharmaceutics, and Disease, which was really interesting, considering I'm studying medicine myself. However, my favorite exhibit of the whole museum was definitely the underground mines! One, they did such a great job putting that whole exhibit together, that it was so realistic, and it actually seemed like I was underground in a mine. But two, I also loved how they put the exhibit in chronological order, meaning, when you first started the exhibit you got to see what the mines were before, and as you went on, you eventually got to see how the mines are today. So really, it was a big timeline.

Furthermore, the information and sculptures in the exhibit made me realize how lucky I am where I am today, simply because I got see what harsh conditions these men used to work in. For example, how they had to carry every single item on their own from the top (land), all the way deep into the ground (future mine). Not to mention, the danger they went through everyday just to make a living! Considering a lot of people died often, simply because grenades or explosives were found while digging, and if someone accidentally hit one, boom! And that was that! I also found it very interesting though that they even eventually lowered horses for harder labor, and for pulling more heavy stuff. But again, it was sad to see because eventually the horses ran out of oxygen and died. So overall, it was just eye opening to see how they built these beautiful mines, but yet, I never thought about the work it took to get the end product. So hopefully I won't ever have to go through something like that in the near future.

XOXO

-Ivan Almendariz