This one I was quite excited for!  The Imperial War Museum houses equipment and stories from WWI till some present day equipment.  Our professor took us on a short trip around, but mostly wanted us to adventure on our own into the newer Holocaust exhibit on our own.  I just don’t know what to say after visiting it.  Even learning about it in history class almost every year back in the states for school, I just don’t understand it.  I mean, I knew about it the basics and random facts about it all but going through that exhibit brought everything I’d learned up to a new level making me open my eyes more.  I’m not even sure how to describe it other than that when you walk in, theres no conversations between people.  Its just silence and listening to the facts and history written on the walls as you make your way through the Holocaust.  Anyone who is anyone should visit this exhibit just to learn more about the dangers that were experienced and brought up.

The rest of the museum was interesting too! As you can probably tell from this picture… They have planes… Hanging from the ceiling.  Yeah.  Actual planes.

I traveled around the open exhibits checking out the small facts about the items randomly spaced out within the museum.  I decided to go check out the WWI exhibit on the bottom floor and found a VERY interesting piece that displayed what it was like to be in the trenches.  There was a makeshift trench that was approximately 12 foot high and they had a tank partially rolling over it.  There was also the sounds and temperatures that you’d hear daily in the trenches as they tried to make it seem as lifelike as they could.  And it certainly did that.

Something that really interested me was the lack of history and information from before WWI.  It was actually something I had wanted to learn about since they always teach us about the American side of the war.  I would’ve loved to have seen what their perspective was on Imperialism and seeing how some countries gained their freedoms from the United Kingdom, but it was definitely lacking in that area.  In fact there wasn’t any information at all!  But! It was still interesting and knowledgable to learn about the British side of WWI and WWII instead of the standard American side that I had learned about consistently through my school years.

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