On 10/7/17 I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In my global history class, museum visits are required, so I went with a purpose. We have to choose an artifact that relates to what we learned in class and then write an essay on it. I went to the Egypt section and looked at several ancient artifacts such as pottery, tablets with hieroglyphs, and statues. I hadn’t yet decided on what to choose, so I spent a lot of my time reading the information displays near the artifacts, learning a lot about ancient Egyptian culture in the process. I made my way to a room that only contained statues of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut. I remembered learning about her in class, and I found her intriguing since throughout history we don’t often hear about women being in positions of power. I was impressed by the large size of the statues, since it was created in ~1500 B.C., when modern construction methods had yet to be invented. I chose a kneeling statue of Hatshepsut as my artifact because I could connect what I was viewing to my history lecture. Later on, when I write the essay, I will have to do additional research online since the minimum word count is 750 words and we didn’t spend too much time learning about her. After taking a picture of the statue and reading information about it, I perused other parts of the museum since I enjoy looking at art.
