Reflection Paper On Texas City Museum

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I thought about all of the things I could possibly do. I was thinking should I see a play, go to a symphony, or go to an art gallery. While all of these are great choices, I wanted to do something I have not experienced. I decided to visit my local city museum, which is the one located in Texas City, Texas. When I did visit this museum, I was in complete awe. It was such a simple building, but yet it is filled with the entire recorded history of the City. I honestly did not know much about my city, so while visiting I learned a plethora of information that I did not know before. A few things I learned about were the civil war dahlgren gun, the 1947 Texas City disaster, and the timeline. While observing all of this, I felt as I was missing out not knowing all of this nutritional information. It was an amazing experience exploring the museum and just taking it all in. What was even better is that there were bystanders who seemed to feel what I was feeling, which Is appreciation. I have a new found appreciation for Texas City. While observing the museum I assumed that this was always a hard working, blue collared, and non selfish town that always would look out for their own, neighbor or bloodline. I epically feel this way after reading about the 1947 Texas City disaster, which was an industrial plant that exploded and …show more content…

This showed me that nothing can hold this city down and that they were able to overcome all of the adversity to get back to what they once was. I truly admire all of the dedication, and sacrifice that this city had to make in order to make this city what is today. Visiting this museum also makes me want to visit other museums at different locations to learn there history. Even though I had a fantastic time at the museum, I feel like that there is more to learn in the city then just the history, such as the secrets within the city

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