We arrived there at 10:23 am and waited patiently on the line to get in. We were all very happy to enter, as outside was extremely cold even though at 7°C! When Mr. Oniyide finished making arrangements for the museum, we entered hastily to the main museum area as we were excited as to what we would see and tired to have been waiting for thirty minutes!
We saw the first ever made cars in the world! One was owned by Henry Ford in 1914! Another was called Mercedes-Knight and was made in 1913 and it was red with big wheels! After we saw another red car but it was a racing car! A Lola Racing Car to be exact, and it was made in 1972! There was also a tiny television, showing a black and white show of a car race.
After we saw different ship models! The one I particularly liked was the "Tango Maru" Freighter Japan, 1904! Also, there was an open place that was similar to an area of a ship and you could step in and steer the wheel and many people tried happy! I also tried and it was very fun, I felt like a real pilot!
We then moved on to see engines. One was called Super-marine Mark 1A Spitfire Engine and it was made in 1940! There was also a big head of Paul Bunyan and the eyes were very spooky and moved from side to side! I strod in front of it with Mrs.Mabel, Temilorun, Nneka and Tobore and we took a picture with Mrs. Mabel's iPad! This area was generally VERY busy!
Next we saw Roemer's discovery of the Finite Velocity of light model 1933! I was shocked to see this as I had only seen on the internet for science, when researching on energy, but then I was looking at the real thing!
After we went to the 'circus' a slightly dark area with shining floral shaped lights were there mockingbird sculptural parades with music they were mini but effective, great tourist attractions! I loves the mini sculptural parade as there was a lot of my favourite colour (yellow)!
Our next destination was brief and we saw an actual conestoga and behind it were drawings that looked rather comical! On the other side was a schooner and it had a drawn, coloured couple in side! I found this beautiful! My group then took a lovely photo together.
Next we went to the U-505 submarine area! There were many wooden newspapers that we looked at. Mr.Ayansola briefed us on how it had to do with the Second World War and Hitler with the Nazis (Germans), against Britain. In the same place but in a different section we saw the battle of the Atlantic, the sculpture was beautiful! The walls decorated with facts on it! All around there were Panasonic televisions showing facts on the U-Boat Menace, 1942- 1943.
Afterwards we went to the submarine tracking room. Which was dated 1st of June 1944. We then went down to watch a big screen, black and white movie that was set in a control centre of a submarine! It was very realistic and everyone in the group was interested.
The next room was amazing! We had a beautiful view of an actual submarine! I then knew just how amazing this museum was! The submarine was VERY large! I got to touch and it felt just as real as it looked!
After all this, we found our way to the food court and settled down to eat. The food was adequate, I had an extravagant slice of pizza, along side with some lovely pink lemonade!
After we finished eating we went out in groups and into a place called Earth Explorer!
This lasted about one hour and it was interesting, with different jungle-like areas! We also took a lovely group photo that every student apparently gets a copy of!
We then got to go round anywhere we wanted for about twenty minute before the next thing! Wonu Logun-Leko was buddy for this and we walked round and chat until it was time to go back.
After we went to watch a sort of documentary called The Last Reef! This wasn't just any documentary, it was set in a cinema like place and instead of looking straight ahead to a big screen, you looked up! As a result of that it was circular and it made me in particular feel as though I was in a ball or something spherical! The documentary was obvious, on the vanishing of reefs and how we need to try and save them, it also showed us how useful they were, hence the name the last reef.
Finally, we left the museum with a beautiful experience in our heads, which most likely froze up by the cold as soon as we stepped outside! All in all, the Museum of Science and Industry was very informative but fun at the same time!
We finished off our fun day in the Marriott Hotel, which was comfortable and cozy compared to outside!
- Chibuzo Enelamah
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