To attract some museum experts to join my “Animal Crossing: New
Horizons” museum tour, I had to turn my living room into a temporary
streaming studio on a recent Friday afternoon. One of them has a copy of
the game; the other does not. Therefore, I need to support the computer
to capture as much TV as possible.
In the end, I found
ACNH Bells,
three board games (Tokaido, Betrayal of the House on the Mountain, and
Gamma World) and a very large artwork about coffee beans. I would not
say that this is an elegant solution, but it works to a certain extent. I
sat on the side of Joy-Cons, practicing my best tour guide voice.
Two faculty members from the School of Natural Sciences at
Drexel University will soon join me. Botanic curator Dr. Richard McCourt
called from a home office, which was decorated with humble art and a
messy wooden table. His colleague, library assistant Kelsey
Manahan-Phelan tried to join me in the game, but due to connection
problems, she had to solve it from the video conference in her apartment
kitchen.
This setup is troublesome, but I hope that these trained
scholars will perform the same review on Blathers, just as he collects
fossils, fish, and insects every day. They are happy to fulfill their
obligations. Dr. McCourt smiled the first time he saw Brathens’s bow
tie.
Before they arrived, I had collected four fossils and planned to
donate them to the museum. Manahan-Phelan said that following the
operation of the early museums, ordinary people were more likely to be
donors. She told me that collectors of 19th-century natural science
specimens are usually doctors and pharmacists, and their involvement in
curation is a hobby. After retiring or dying, these amateurs will donate
their collection to the museum. The museum where she works is like
that. She said: “We were founded in 1812. In fact, only a few people in
the attic of a pharmacy store got together and said, ‘Hey, we should do
this.”
My guests said that these days, non-scientists donate to the
Natural History Museum less and less. Even if it is only for a slightly
original purpose, the donation will still happen. McCourt said: “We
conducted a fossil or specimen roadshow, people brought bugs or fossils,
bones or any wild plants into here, we will try to identify them.” “But
we are doing educational Things, we will try to emphasize this point.
One thing we have to do is try to serve the public in this way. “When
Blathers shares information on the samples brought by the players, he
will play almost the same role. Museum faculty and staff regard
education as an equal effort for research or protection.
He emphasized another reason modern museums discourage
individual donations. “Sometimes, you may collect too much knowledge or
kill animals to destroy nature.” They prefer clear photos attached to
emails, such as the entire tiger skin or a box of bird carcasses. They
will not appreciate the 200-pound blue marlin pulled from your island
pier, but McCourt still appreciates Blathers’ dedication.
When I pulled out the wasp from my pocket, my guests were
disgusted with Blathers. Even the meticulous collection of verified
amateurs does not necessarily translate into scientific value. McCourt
suggested that anyone with dragonflies and tarantulas should consider
emotional value. Nintendo introduced CJ and Flick into the game. The
beaver and chameleon partner does exactly this: trade your catch for
detailed copies to decorate your house. The things in the museum are of
emotional value. Many things are not available to us in the game. If you
want to have the same thing in the museum, you can go to the IGGM store
buy animal crossing bells to get your own emotional value things.At:
https://www.iggm.com/animal-crossing-bells .
The Wall