Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Einstein Museum
After visiting the Einsteinhaus in Bern, I also went to the Einstein Museum. The museum was a great educational addition because it discussed a lot of the historical context surrounding Einstein's life, the most notable event probably being World War II. I learned that despite Einstein's fame as a scientific figurehead, the US government was still skeptical of him during WWII due to his German citizenship. Though Einstein resided in the US at the time, he was not allowed to participate in the Manhattan Project and was put under close FBI surveillance throughout the war. This was interesting to me because it shows how distrustful countries were of each other at that time; it did not matter that Einstein was a prominent scientific figure, his German origin still made him a potential threat to the US. Overall, I enjoyed visiting the Einsteinhaus and Einstein Museum because they both provided background information on Einstein's life and character, which did not always portray him in the positive light he is painted in today.
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Seeing the Einsteinhaus and the Museum together were great in showing Einstein's life from the inside and the outside. The museum gave us a great look at what was going on around Einstein and influencing his life. The Einsteinhaus gave us a look at what his personal life was like.
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