Curating the Industrial Revolution

For two days, my group and I became museum curators. We created an exhibit about transportation during the Industrial Revolution. First we did our research and analyzed all the documents presented to us. We then planned each element of our exhibit. My job was to type descriptions and captions. We also chose which sections of text we would quote, how to describe diagrams, who would print the pictures, who would write out the title, etc. Analysis is an important part of curating, because if you don't analyze your sources, your information could be incorrect! This is bad!! Our clever title was a high point of our collaboration. We hope that people learn about the advances in transportation during the industrial revolution through viewing this exhibit.

My classmate's exhibits-

Condemning the Innocent- An interesting and sad fact that I learned was that almost half of children in mills started work before they were ten. This exhibit made great use of graphics.

Pollution of the Revolution- I learned that at one time, you could barely see an inch through the Thames. This poster had large blocks of text.

Spinning a City- I learned how quickly London's population grew from 1 million to 7 million. The string was a clever touch, and an almond Joy pun was made.