The Barnum online museum is amazingly interactive. Its museum incorporates 3-D effects to grasp the viewer into its historical significance. I learned that the Barnum museum was located on Ann Street and Broadway. The museum was myseriously burned down two times with what has become a mystery of the ages. Neverthless, its reopening in 2000 helped many people learn historical facts from the past.
I learned that Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in 1831 against the Southern oppressors. Although his conquests were shortlived, his impact was immense, sparking rebellions within other communities and other countries across the globe (this indluded the rebellion in Haiti against the French). Moreover, I learned that after the demolition of his second museum, Barnum started a circus and went into politics. This shows that the circus was a large part of entertainment in the 19th century.
The museum a great tool for any student or person in general who is seeking to further his knowledge about history. I thought that the strengths were its 3-D arts and trivia games. These tools greatly caught my attention as I’m sure they caught others attentions as well. The weaknesses, however, are not as clear-cut. I had to think hard about this, but I think that its labeling was its weakness; there are no labels as to what information is in each section, so I found it extremelly difficult to circumvent to information that would interest me. All in all, I liked the museum and thought it was very informative.
