This was incredibly uninspiring, however the collection on display at the Museum did provide another example of how an acquired collection can be used to benefit the public, in that it's place as a collection is to inform. There was a floor called 'Treasured" that displayed a number of artifacts from various cultures. These items acted as a visual aid to a short informative summary of the particular culture it had been acquired from, it gave me an insight into how valuable a collection can be as a gateway to an unenvisionable part of history.
The floor up from this was called 'Communicate!' various collections of objects, acting as a chronologically curated visual history. For example, a large display of telephones showing the changes and adaptations the phone undertook over the years. Again, non of this was particularly enthralling but a majority of displays were interactive, directly engaging and questioning the audiences relationship with the collection.
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