Stepping into a Time Machine

Out of all the museums, I choose the Western Reserve Historical Society.

I enjoyed our tour of the library; it was very interesting seeing how the counties grew. Our tour guide didn’t seem to leave anything out, and showed us how to use the different resources the library had to offer. She also gave us some fun facts to take home with us. After the tour I was very excited to find my grandpa on their computers.

If I were curator I don’t think I would change anything about the museum. All the displays were informational and fun to explore. However, if you wanted any additional information or had any questions, a guide was nearby. The only thing I would try to fix would be the leaky ceiling.

Since Akron and Cleveland depend much on their ecotourism for my final project I want to find a better way to attract more people to our lovely parks down in the Valley for my final project. It would also be fun to attack people on the paths and interview them.

Lienne's University Cirle Trip

I visited the Western Reserve Historical Society on our Friday, January 23 field trip.

The tour of the library was a good way to learn how to use one of the many resources available for our final projects. It seems to have all the information on the Valley and the surrounding areas since the 1800s.

The other part of the museum was the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. It had many exhibits and historical information. It has something for every age group. If I was made curator, I would make the exhibits a little more eye catching because the informational parts were boring to look at weren't fun to read.

The censuses from the different years painted a picture of what the neighborhoods of our community looked like in that time. This helped me understand how different businesses that came either helped or weakened the economy or how they grew our community.

For my final project, I wanted to do a "now and then" of the Valley. I also wanted to tie in the new park coming in by Mustill Store and how this could affect the future of the area. I wasn't able to spend too much time working on my final project because we ran out of time, but I am planning on using the pass to come back and use the abundant sources available there.