Dru Keyser April 30, 2014
It was raining again today, so instead of going out to the Glunk site (36 LY0345) we went on a museum trip. The first museum that we visited was the Little League Baseball Museum on Route 15. The purpose of visiting the Little League Baseball Museum was to see what a newly designed museum could offer. We began our tour by watching a video about the Little League Baseball organization. We then received electronic audio-guides for our tour of the museum. Throughout our tour, we were able to type numbers into our audio-guides that corresponded to specific exhibits within the museum. Also, there were several interactive exhibits, such as a touch-screen exhibit that allowed one to search for and leave a message for their Little League team and play a mini-game based on Little League Baseball trivia. Other interactive exhibits included a track where one could run a track that equaled that of the distance from home plate to first base and would record the time it took to run that distance, a wall where baseballs would light up and one would have to run and touch the ball within a few seconds, and the ability to "feel" what it is like to catch a Major League Baseball pitch from Mike Mussina, a Little League baseball pitcher, and a Little League softball pitcher. Although the museum did not pertain to our class or studies, it was nice to see what a recently designed museum could offer. After completing our tour of the Little League Baseball Museum, we went back to Robin Van Auken's house to eat lunch and relax for about half an hour before we went to the Taber Museum.
Around noon we arrived at the Taber Museum, where we did several things. First, we toured the "James Bressler American Indian Gallery", which displayed many of the artifacts that we are going to find while digging in the prehistoric layer at the Glunk site. Then we toured the "Walk Through Time" exhibition, which displayed a history of Lycoming County from 1769 to the twentieth century. This display included many artifacts that we had the possibility of finding while digging in the historic level at the Glunk site. After that we visited the Lycoming County Genealogical Society, in an attempt to look up more information on the Ezra Canfield lumber mill, which is located very close to the Glunk site. Next, we toured the "Shempp Model Train Collection" while we waited to enter the Archaeology lab in the basement of the museum. While we were in the Archaeology lab, we looked at many of the artifacts that North Central Chapter Eight had collected from the Ault site (36LY0120), including projectile points, large stone tools, and pieces of pottery. After looking at these artifacts, we decided to end our day and return to campus.
It was raining again today, so instead of going out to the Glunk site (36 LY0345) we went on a museum trip. The first museum that we visited was the Little League Baseball Museum on Route 15. The purpose of visiting the Little League Baseball Museum was to see what a newly designed museum could offer. We began our tour by watching a video about the Little League Baseball organization. We then received electronic audio-guides for our tour of the museum. Throughout our tour, we were able to type numbers into our audio-guides that corresponded to specific exhibits within the museum. Also, there were several interactive exhibits, such as a touch-screen exhibit that allowed one to search for and leave a message for their Little League team and play a mini-game based on Little League Baseball trivia. Other interactive exhibits included a track where one could run a track that equaled that of the distance from home plate to first base and would record the time it took to run that distance, a wall where baseballs would light up and one would have to run and touch the ball within a few seconds, and the ability to "feel" what it is like to catch a Major League Baseball pitch from Mike Mussina, a Little League baseball pitcher, and a Little League softball pitcher. Although the museum did not pertain to our class or studies, it was nice to see what a recently designed museum could offer. After completing our tour of the Little League Baseball Museum, we went back to Robin Van Auken's house to eat lunch and relax for about half an hour before we went to the Taber Museum.
Around noon we arrived at the Taber Museum, where we did several things. First, we toured the "James Bressler American Indian Gallery", which displayed many of the artifacts that we are going to find while digging in the prehistoric layer at the Glunk site. Then we toured the "Walk Through Time" exhibition, which displayed a history of Lycoming County from 1769 to the twentieth century. This display included many artifacts that we had the possibility of finding while digging in the historic level at the Glunk site. After that we visited the Lycoming County Genealogical Society, in an attempt to look up more information on the Ezra Canfield lumber mill, which is located very close to the Glunk site. Next, we toured the "Shempp Model Train Collection" while we waited to enter the Archaeology lab in the basement of the museum. While we were in the Archaeology lab, we looked at many of the artifacts that North Central Chapter Eight had collected from the Ault site (36LY0120), including projectile points, large stone tools, and pieces of pottery. After looking at these artifacts, we decided to end our day and return to campus.
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