Boarding Gate 101

No, it's not 1904 and I did not find TARDIS that I then used to go back in time. I just went to the Missouri History Museum . In a way, museums are time machines, as they let us see not just artifacts and treasures from other places, but also go back in the past. To get a glimpse of an event that happened almost 110 years ago, for instance.  Looking South to Festival , by John Ross Key Usually I enjoy visiting museums, looking at artworks that I  only see in Humanities books, or finding unusual flying machines that I don't normally find in a local airport. Discovering things from my country being displayed in museums can be enjoyable too, such as finding a bulul on display at the Met Museum. Bontoc head hunter and Visayan girl But sometimes, it can be quite stressful too, especially if the exhibit is related to the colonial past of the country, as what I found in the 1904 World's Fair exhibit of the Missouri History Museum. The World'...

I finally visited the Missouri History Museum when I traveled to St. Louis again last March. The museum, as the name suggests, displays artifacts that are related to the history of the city and the state, dating back from the explorations of Lewis and Clark up to contemporary period. The museum is housed in the Jefferson Memorial building, which was built in 1913. The museum predates the building, as it was established in 1866.  An expansion to the museum, called the Emerson Center, was built in 2000 at the back of Jefferson building, with the entrance facing Forest Park.  Facade of Thomas Jefferson Memorial building As you enter the museum, a larger-than-life statue of Thomas Jefferson will greet you at the lobby. Jefferson was instrumental to the Louisiana Purchase, in which the United States bought the Louisiana territory from France in 1803. Part of that territory is the state of Missouri, and the centennial of the Purchase was celebrated by St. Louis by ...