Visit the Neville Museum

Lauren Gregory

Location Activity - Neville Public Museum

Intro to Mass Communications


For one of our other activities, we decided to visit the Neville Public Museum. I am fairly new to the Green Bay area, so this is my first experience visiting the museum.

When I was younger, I typically visited museums much more often in school or with my family. However, I haven’t had a chance to visit any over the past few years. Now, going back, I have a completely different outlook on what they have to offer.

The Neville Museum advertises in a much different way than you typically think of. They advertise specific places and points of time s through in-depth photographs. Like Alison said ,they advertise the war through slogans and posters. Also, the museum displays the many different forms of mass communication over the years. One exhibit that really caught my eye was the permanent one titled “On the Edge of the Inland Sea”. This exhibit was amazing because it led you through 12,000 years of Northeast Wisconsin history.

The Edge of the Inland Sea exhibit used film footage, photographs, and many different ways to present their information. But, one of the most interesting to me was the showing of how in 1925, electricity was starting to be used. They also showed that because they now had access to better advertising techniques, such as lighted signs.

Going to the Neville Museum was my favorite location activity. We were presented with thousands of essential artifacts used throughout history. We were able to get a first hand glimpse at our past and how mass communications played such an important role. For me personally, the day at the museum made it obvious that I am becoming increasingly aware of communication’s effect on history. I am becoming much more interested in the effects that I am starting to notice it everywhere.

In conclusion, I would highly recommend visiting the museum to anyone, especially those who will appreciate the value of change through communication in our society.


If you are interested in taking your own look at the museum and see what they have to offer the next few months, visit:
http://www.nevillepublicmuseum.org/calendar/

For fun, take a look at more of Brown County’s history here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibrown/1800s.htm