An afternoon at the museum

The last Friday afternoon after the IIEP’s Potluck I went to Old Capitol Museum with Eun, Joy and Nayeon. It was a short walk throughout the museum, I think. It only took one hour; however, it was quite interesting.
Generally they do not have a tour guide but one of the pretty girls who work there gave us a tour and explained us the main characteristics of Old Capitol. She mentioned that the Capitol was the first government building in Iowa and it was settled in that placed because it is the highest point in Iowa City, but when the amount of counties increased and Iowa City was not the middle of the state of Iowa the government moved on to Des Moines.
She started the trip in the office of the university’s president and she told us it was the first place in the university that has a restroom. Then, she took us to the governor’s office where also was the desk of his assistant. One common thing in those spaces was the design of the devices that they used to use in their daily activities.
But also it was amazing what they had to do for keeping the currency under control because there were many different currencies during those years. On the other side, it was interesting when we went to the library because it is amazing that many books are from many years ago. After the library the guide took us to the Iowa Supreme Court where many outlaw people were convicted. It was strange that the jury used to be behind the judges to protect their identities and avoid any retaliation. (I think I missed the chance to judge my trip mates for taking me off from the potluck where there still were delicious foods and many IIEP friends)
Then we went to the House Chamber in the second store, where the Iowa’s constitution, which it has been kept almost without any variation, was redacted. Finally, we went to the Senate Chamber that is nowadays the place of piano concert.
It was good going to the Old Capitol Museum because you can see many historical stuffs and how was the place in the past.