Overall Opinion on CMC

 At the end of the day, I believe the CMC is a great place to go if you're just trying to get out for the day, or you try and make it your goal to learn something new every day. The way information displayed at the different exhibits is easily digestible, while still having enough substance to it that it still carries educational value. 

If I could take a guess at what the curators would want people to walk away with after exploring the museums, I would say they would want the guests to walk away with a newfound sense of appreciation for not only their city, but the fact that we're walking on land that prehistoric giants, or any creature could have traveled. I'd like to think that a lot of people, myself included, wouldn't think dinosaurs, or an extinct creature of any type would be found around here. However, we're proven wrong with the whole Ice Cave exhibit, and majority of the fossils being found in Big Bone Lick, Kentucky. This may be due to the fact that many of the fossils found in Cincinnati belong to sea creatures and are often small cephalopod like vertebrates. So to see the skeleton of such a large creature, and know it wasn't found far from here, for me at least, it's pretty mind blowing. Makes you wonder if there's anything else lying deep below the silt and sand of the Ohio River. 

As far as the archaeology aspect of the museum goes, I'd say they did pretty well. I already mentioned my complaints in earlier posts how they could include where these fossils are found, and in the Ice Cave exhibit at least in the Big Bone Lick diorama room, if they ever get a skeleton of one of the creatures that's 'taxidermized' in there, the skeleton should replace it. Otherwise, I believe a good spectrum of archaeology is shown, how it's not just digging up fossils, but it's also studying layers of the earth, or rings in a tree to get a sense of how long it's been around. 

I hope you enjoyed reading my posts about the Cincinnati Museum Center and all of the knowledge it offers. If you haven't gone already, I highly encourage you to do so!