Of the past sites Utrecht University, was one of my favorites. The university is used to teach about scientific discovery. The some exhibits are changed out about every 2 years too so it keeps changing. While there we went through 4 main rooms. There was a general science room which had the scientific method and lots of examples in it. One cool example in it was running current through a foil triangle to make it float in air. This would have aroused a lot of questions back in the day and was a great example how the method works.
Another one of my favorite parts was the collection room. This is where prizes from wealthy people from the VOC Era had prizes brought back with them. One of the prizes was a replica of a dinosaur skeleton. Another one with a cool story behind it was a dragon was brought back! Although dragons don't exist so why/how is there a dragon? The answer is simple it isn't a dragon. It was a sting ray that stuffed to look dragon like object. People would have paid a high price, not knowing or ever seeing a dragon they wouldn't know it was a fake. This site had a lot of cool history and a lot of cool exponents in it. To add to it there was also a Botanical garden at the end!
One of my favorites from the collection room as the narwhal skull. It was cool to see that the bone just shoots out from one side of its face.
ReplyDeleteThe collection room was likewise my absolute favorite place. I've been into archaeological artifacts like that at for a long time, and it always interests me how old some of the skeletons actually are, as well as the geological finds back in the golden age of the Dutch communities.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the cabinets of curiosities. I thought it was interesting how varying each one was!
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