This past Wednesday we took a trip to the Deutsches Museum. The first part of the tour centered around physics and general information about the industrial revolution, along with a presentation. Once we had our free time, I was able to go explore a couple of different exhibits, which included the airplane exhibit, the biotechnology exhibit and the mining exhibit. The reason I am deciding to talk a little about the mining exhibit is because I have never visited a museum like it before.
One of the reasons the mining exhibit stuck out to me is because it made you feel like you were truly walking down a mine. The architecture, sounds, and temperature of the exhibit gave you a real example about how the miners had to live and what conditions they had to live in while they were working. We were able to see different examples about how miners got down the mines, along with transportation of injured miners. One of the images that stook out to me the most was how they transported animals. There was an image of two horses being chained wrapped up together and being drawn down towards the bottom of the mine. The mines were even complex enough to have their own stables and living options down there. We were also able to see a difference between how mines were constructed back in the 1800s compared to how they are constructed today.
Overall I had a great time at this exhibit and it is an exhibit I would love to visit again
Totally with ya on this one! I had NO idea there would be a huge mining museum underneath the already large museum. It was awesome to walk through and seemingly lose yourself in the tunnels of time...
ReplyDeleteTHE MINE WAS AWESOME!! I didn't know it actually went that in depth about the progress of mining technology and the technology used for it!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the mine! My favorite part was the progression of mining technology. At the beginning of the exhibit, we saw horses and the end of the exhibit showcased more modern techniques. After seeing the modern techniques, I was surprises that older techniques even worked. Mining is still scary, but we've come a long ways in safety and efficiency.
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