Penn Museum is called "an internationally renowned educational and research institution dedicated to the understanding of cultural diversity and the exploration of the history of humankind." It was named 'Free Museum of Science and Art,' but changed as a fee-charging museum with the present name. The museum shows us how architecture and archeology appears in each human culture.
According to the video clips in audiovisual room, the director of the museum brought the stuffs in the museum to the TV show, called ‘What in the world?’ Never heard of it, it was very popular for about 20 years since 1950’s. At the show, he invited some experts, artists, and celebrities to introduce the object, give some visual examinations, and talk to the public. This interesting story was available to hear at the ‘Video Theater’ inside the Roman World exhibition. There are 6 each story about the museum and one of its collections. Among them, the most interesting thing was about a Crystal Sphere from China in Qing Dynasty. While I was watching the video, I was wondering why they didn’t put this wonderful content before visitors tour the China exhibition just as they did for Egyptian Sphinx exhibition. It was much easier and much more interesting to walk around the displays after seeing the videos.
Right after watching the video clips, I directly went back to the crystal to check out. It had no meanings until I know what was going on behind it. And then, when looking below the display, there was a sign ‘Adopt Me.’ This sign was attached Not only on the crystal, but also on the ‘Lioness with Cub’ statues. Why they are trying to give away the artifacts that they scraped and preserved for quite a long time? If more visualized information is given in advance of touring, it would be much helpful to get closer to the contents of the museum.
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