Frist's Egyptian Show
I remebered the Eqyptian show I had seen at the Frist earlier this semester when we went to the McClung museum and talked about the mummy. I had taken my german forgien exchange buddy to Nashville for a quick visit. We went to the Frist and I showed her all around downtown Nashville. She hadn't been out of Knoxville yet so it was exciting for her.
At the Frist we both enjoyed the exhibit. It was nice because my mom is a member and we got to go for only $10 instead of $17, which is really expensive, I think, for an exhibit. It was the first time in a while that I had used headphones at an exhibit. Usually I don't like to, but it was really helpful this time because it had such interesting information that expanded on the written cards. There were a lot of stories behind the symbols and it explained stories and beliefs that the Egyptians had at the time. The exhibition was set up nicely, so that you wound your way around, but you didn't see too much of what was next. The lighting was low, I guess to serve two purposes: one to protect the artifacts, and two to help create a tomb like atmosphere. A lot of the bigger objects were cast of the origional. I assume that's because the origionals are too delicate or belong to a place that doesn't want them traveling.
Regardless there was a lot to see. With the headphones it took a long time to get through, because there was so much to learn. I always think I will come away with new knowledge, but because I didn't take notes I didn't committ any of it to memory. I have to write things down to learn, because I am a very visual learner. It was helpful to have the actual objects along side the information. I think Cornelia really enjoyed the exhibit too. She was from Cologne, Germany. She had seen exhibits like this before but she really liked the Art Deco building, which is one of my favorite parts of the museum. I explained to her that it was the old post office and that the museum was very new to Nashville, only a few years old.
We went upstairs and painted in the Kids room. There wasn't any other exhibit at the time, but the Egyptian had been plenty to look at and so had the rest of downtown.