Museum Curator

My Group's Exhibit

"More Cotton, More Slaves, Less Freedom"

            To create our own museum exhibit we had to follow the steps a museum curator would follow to create their exhibit. The process a curator goes through is a precise process. A curator must know about their topic and be able to display the information in a way that is easily understood to the people viewing their work. I realized how hard displaying the information was because what made sense to you might not have made sense to anyone else. This will cause you to have to start over with an all new layout idea until you get it just right. Also, I noticed the layout of the exhibits were similar. The starting point was in the top right hand corner and it ended in the bottom left hand corner. Walking around and seeing all the other exhibits I learned some new, interesting facts about the Industrial Revolution. First, to get the word out about the steam engine Robert Fulton had to write about the engine to the editor of the American Citizen to share his positive experiences on the steam  boat. Second, I found it shocking and disturbing to find out that the children had to wear leather belts around their waists with a chain attached so they could pull the mine carts like animals not like human beings.