Visit to a Museum
Essay : 01
I was all jumpy and excited when Mother told me that we would be visiting a museum in town. I asked Mother which museum we were planning to visit and she said that it was the National Museum.
When we got there, Mother paid for the entrance tickets and we walked into a dimly lit room. There, a brief history of Singapore, made more interesting by figurines, was on display. I learnt more by looking at the modeled displays than I could in textbooks. Mother also explained some scenes which they portrayed to help me understand the past.
At the time of my visit, a huge section of the museum was devoted to exhibiting toys of previous years. There were tops, toy cars, marbles, airplanes and even a whole collection of Barbie dolls from various decades. It struck me that the toys of today are nothing like what Mother and Father played with when they were children. I tried to spin a top at one corner of the room but it was not as easy as I thought. There was a special way to throw the top so that it would not land on its side. After several tedious and frustrating tries, I beamed with pride to watch the top spinning on its pin.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself that day at the National Museum. I realise how valuable museums are because they can teach people about so many things. All I had to do was to walk through the museum to learn a great deal.
Essay : 02
Visit to Museum
Last month I visited the museum in Baroda called Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad museum, It was a great experience. I had gone with my history teacher and some classmates from school.
The museum was built by Maharaja and it has some of the most beautiful pieces of possessions that belonged to Maharajas of Baroda. There is a gallery which is entirely devoted to vessels and artefacts that come from the east.
China, Japan, Malaysia, Burma etc. are the countries that Maharaja had cordial relations with. These artefacts were ordered from there and some of them came as gifts for Maharaja. Apart from these there are statues in metal, silver and some are even gold plated. They are the replicas of some of the buildings that were built in the past by Maharajas. The painting gallery exhibits paintings from various parts of the world. There is a three dimensional full length potrait of the late Maharaja Sayaji rao Gaekewad at the entrance and many paintings by European painters in the art gallery.
The main attraction in the museum for me was the skelton of a whale which was found close to Baroda. There are the skeltons of many other birds and animals and this causes one to wonder at the amazing creations of God.
Brocade, silks, garments made out of gold thread, the old clothes belonging to the queens in the past have been exhibited in beautiful boxes. However the lights have not been taken care of and often one finds sections of the museum that are and dark. It is obvious that the museum has not been maintained as well as it deserves to be.
The country has may beautiful museums like Salarjung museum of Hyderabad, Archeological museum, Dolls museum etc. in Delhi and if these are maintained well by the government, they Can bring great pride to our country.
