Blog #1

Of all the sites I went to, the museum Boarhaave was my favorite for a couple of reasons. We may not have been able to actually step into the museum because of the renovations, but I still feel that it had the most information. The most and best information came from our guide Tiemen Cocquyt. Tiemen had known a story for every artifact at the museum and we could tell he was excited about each of them too, whether the story was about how it was invented, or his story of how he acquired it. I think it is very important to know the story behind each artifact because it gives each item so much more importance. An example of that is the microscope that was made of a rifle barrel, it was only a strange oddity at first. Then Tiemen had pointed out that the microscope was made in a prison camp and the scientist just made it out of whatever materials he had. It felt like there was more importance surrounding the microscope after I understood more about the story behind the artifact.