EVENT: The Museum Of Jurassic Technology

Upon walking into the Museum I was handed a small flyer, and on the back it said, “The learner must be led away from familiar objects toward the unfamiliar, guided along, as it-were, a chain of flowers into the mysteries of life.” That quote pretty much sums up my experience at The Museum of Jurassic Technology, completely and utterly unfamiliar, mysterious and absolutely bizarre. At first I was roaming from exhibit to exhibit irritated that I could not understand what was going on. There were strange mucky smells, the light was dim and there were weird animal noises and overhead speakers with voices about the exhibit, all of which made no sense to me and I could find little connections between what was being said and what I was looking at. Overall, my initial experience of the museum was, for a lack of a better word, weird. However, it got better. After wondering downstairs, I went upstairs and grabbed a cup of tea and cookie, and began asking a worker what she loved most about the museum. She told me she loved how culturally diverse and un-discriminatory the museum was and how no exhibit was the same or interpreted the same. She said that often time people leave the museum angry, saying “I just don’t get it,” but the reality is, whatever you think and whatever you perceive from the exhibits is the answer.     

            Although not everything in the museum was completely random, I do remember a specific exhibit that directly related to our class. It was an exhibit dedicated to the first species to inhabit the moon. In lecture, we talked about the Russian’s sending Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, to the moon. This was my favorite exhibit at the museum because it creatively and artistically displayed this dog’s journey to space, and acted as a memorial for the dog. As a dog lover this is a sad story that the dog never mad it back to earth, but I liked how the museum had pictures of the dog on display as well as descriptions underneath each one almost acting as a memorial. All in all I was completely mind blown by all the diverse, unique, and culturally mysterious displays, but in the end I can see why people enjoy this museum for it’s individuality and I would recommend people to visit this museum, but would advise them to enter with an open mind.

You weren't allowed to take pictures at this event but I was able to sneak in a few: