Visitando los Museos con los primos / Visiting the Museums with cousins [ESP/ENG]

Visitando los Museos con los primos

[ESP]

Visiting the Museums with cousins

[ENG]

Weeks ago I had the presence of my cousin Sofia and her son Santiago in my house, they live in El Tigre, Anzoátegui state and came to spend a few days with us, which was conducive to take them to know the National Art Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Science.

Personally I really like to do this circuit, it seems to me that museums are a good way to know the real world beyond what we can see through the screen of a cell phone or a computer, because in this increasingly cybernetic world and oversaturated with information, it is necessary to connect young people with the origins, with the essence of things.

It is interesting to see the face of a young person when he comes face to face with the painting of Miranda in the ratchet in large format that he had only seen in history books, to see the evolution of telephones knowing devices that he had no idea existed or to see a giraffe of real size of those that he had only seen in TV documentaries, those are the experiences that will form the memories of that young man, that will serve as tools to understand the world around him, because although the internet is the mega highway of information, but the internet is ephemeral does not arouse emotions and is intangible so I think that museums will remain a reference in obtaining knowledge by human beings.

Although I do believe that museums should update the way they present their exhibitions, I think they should bet more on interactive and immersive presentations that enhance the visitor's experience, that awaken the curiosity and creativity of the visitor. For example, I remember that when I was a child at school we were taken to the Children's Museum, and that was a great experience for me which I still remember, you know how to record a TV program, where each of us assumed the role of cameraman, presenter, soundman, etc. and see on a screen the result of what we did is the kind of thing that marks a child.

On the other hand, I like the way in which the GAN is opening its doors to diversity and the periodicity with which it renews its exhibitions, this allows each visit to be a new experience.

And as for the telecommunications exhibition at the Science Museum, it caused me nostalgia and made me feel something old hahaha, because it's amazing but those of us who were born in the 80s have witnessed the rapid technological advancement of humanity, we saw black and white television, then we marveled at the era of color, then we had access to TV channels from other countries that we went on to enjoy on TV sets thinner than a painting and that now connect to the internet but in the not too distant future we will surely see them disappear because of future holographic projectors and all this in less than 60 years.

In conclusion, we had a different afternoon and they were pleased, and I can only invite you to visit the museums of Caracas, let's disconnect from the great network, our city has very good plans to do these vacations, let's enjoy our city.