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Night at the Museum

Barnum’s American Museum was a museum that served as a learning center of nineteenth-century urban culture, and how politics, economy, and society shaped the antebellum era. It was however, unfortunately destroyed in a fire and consequently turned into a circus. … Continue reading

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Barnum’s Museum

Barnum’s Museum has the 3-D exploration features. It allows visitors to catch a glimpse of mid 19th century’s style and artifacts.  It’s a modern way of teaching history events. It offers archives and classroom settings for an easy entertainment and … Continue reading

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Everybody Loves the Circus

The Barnum museum……Well besides being a little creepy and a little random, if that makes any sense, it was not that bad. The way the website is designed is pretty cool, you get to “walk” around picking and choosing items … Continue reading

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Got a clue?

First i tried to play the game, but after registering i couldn’t really log-in, so i just explored the museum. I have learn a lot from this little tour. Barnum’s American museum, was located in the corner of  broadway and … Continue reading

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Tom Thumb

I learned many things from the lost museum. It is a great historical tool in my opinion because of the fact that it shows what people were interested in back than and all the types of things that were on … Continue reading

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LOST FIRE

Going on the website http://www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu/home.html, and playing the game/challenge of Who Burned Down the Museum was a learning experience. Almost every little crook or picture had some sort of historical reference. The Barnum Museum was like an American Museum; it … Continue reading

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Guess Who

The Lost Museum website is basically a recreation/visualization of P.T Barnums American Museum. It focuses on Mid 19th centuary New York. There was a fire on July 13, 1865 that destroyed this museum.  Know one knows how the fire started. … Continue reading

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Lost Museum

When I first went to the website, I thought it was just a bunch of made up stuff. But once Istarted looking around it all seemed pretty cool (made up or not). I learned that the museum was burnt down on … Continue reading

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Unlce Barnum’s Cabin

The Barnum Museum website is a very interesting website because its a great interactive tool that engages the visitors to the many attractions as well as clues about various historical figures, events, as well as technological advances during that time … Continue reading

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Lost Museum Etiquette

At the Barnum’s museum, I learned about social etiquette. Even in this time period, there are rules of social etiquette that are should be followed. Some examples is to retain a form of anonymity and another is to avoid be … Continue reading

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