The Lost Museum presents a re-creation of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum as a way to view mid-19th century New York City and antebellum America. The website offers visitors a virtual museum where you can explore freely and act as if you are in Barnum’s American Museum. It is a 3-D re-creation of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum, that was mysteriously destroyed by fire on July 13, 1865. This concept is great because it allows people into the past in a way where it is interactive and engaging. Being able to use virtual reality or other graphic simulations makes for different perspectives to come about because you can view data or history in a different light that perhaps you might not have seen before. It can also lead to new questions which can lead to new research and new findings. Using this material that helps the average person appreciate history a lot more as you are more immersed in the material than rather than just reading it out of a book. This technology can help recreate ancient civilizations or what they might have looked like, in addition, the viewer can get a better sense of the time period for example, the lost museum offers visitors a chance to see mid-19th century New York City and antebellum America.
-JP Ospina