Footnote #12
For this part of the exhibit, staff wanted
visitors to make connections between the past and the present. You will notice that objects are paired to
show how life has changed over time. For
example, many decades ago you might have written in a diary to keep track of
what happens in your life. Today you
might post life events on Twitter or another online social site. An important goal for many history museums is
to help visitors make these connections and to show how life has changed, or
not changed. History museums want to
show us how we are both similar to and different from people in the past.