<span style="font-family: Times New Roman">It’s the year 2100 and cars have begun to fly using batteries that can last 500 miles without needing recharging, everything is done using an I-PAD 200, and dinners are now in the form of gum. Besides all of the hype of how cool everything is nowadays, there is still one place that allows you to see what things were like back in the day- in 2011. Even though people are used to the easy way of life they still have inquiring minds about history and they come to one place that has preserved the four most amazing pieces of art, literature, documents, and philosophies. The Pastston Historical Center of Conservancy on the outskirts of Austin, Texas in Bastrop County. It’s been here for years and the structure is unique. It is to them what the old Italian architecture is to us-breathtaking. It is huge and in the shape of a ship. The story is, there was an earthquake that was about to shatter the earth and at the time the Senate and the House (two of the most powerful sources of government in 2011) voted on the most important things and loaded them into a space ship to be transported to the moon for safe keeping but the space ship returned and was a museum but no one was in it. Since it was on the property of John Smith Doe, he claimed it and its been handed down for generations.

The design is a space ship but very exciting, mysteriously modern to the year 2100 but sheer and sophisticated. Now lets take a tour! We will start by walking into a building that is built by using the newest brick that is eco-friendly but tough enough to face any type of strenuous weather. The outside pathway to the door is be covered ticket booths because you must present tickets for each exhibit. In the inside there is a foyer in the shape of semi circle that has touch screen informational panels about this wonderful landmark and the works it houses from scores of years and centuries ago. Because the lay-out is a horizontal spaceship, the nose of the space ship opposite from the entrance serves as an exhibit.

If the design seems a bit too standard its purpose will be over the top by the end of the expedition. In the left wing or the Theatre Room, Sophocles and Oedipus the King is featured and is separated from the rest of the museum with sliding glass doors. Upon the entry of the room lays a long stage that marks every mark of Oedipus the King’s life with human made realistic human size statues from the time he was born till his death with descriptive paraphrases and pieces of his story from start to finish. There is a royal carriage in the middle of the exhibit for taking pictures similar to our picture booths today. On the opposing wall a panel of eight screens project so that you can scroll down the list and read the breakdown of the play, including other parts of the trilogy, a complete biography of Sophocles and commentary by authors and young scholars who have studied the play. Adjacently will be a stairwell that goes upstairs into a movie room that seats two hundred and there will be different showings for the Sophocles trilogy. Then like the Oracle of Delphi who sat on a tripod according to Dora Konsola-author of Ancient Greece, you will have the chance to walk up to an over sized Oracle, back down stairs, ask a question and receive insight to your future. Well, not exactly I wouldn’t want her to tell the guest that they would marry and breed with their kin, but you will be able to walk up and order food from the Oracle of Delphi kitchen at the end of the exhibit. It will offer authentic and irreplaceable Greek food which comes fifteen percent off with your purchase of two or more theatre tickets.

Across the way in the right wing lives the philosophy exhibit featuring the 1215 Magna Carta of England also known as the Great Charter. The original copy of the Magna Carta is towards the back of the exhibit in a 24 hour guarded, camera watched, and red beamed locked with 50 required passwords to get into glass case. It was flown in from the Salisbury Cathedral in Britain costing me more than 500 billion dollars to land my hungry American hands on. You can find yourself being greeted by imposters of King John, some scribes a handful of peasants, and some military men. Don’t be alarmed, these will be your exhibit guides and they will all share with you their role in England during 1215. On the wall opposing the entrance you will get to sign the petitions for the rights of the people and take pictures. On the other opposing side are pictures, timelines, and stories from 1215 that were happening during the birth of the Magna Carta and like the Sophocles room, you have the option of typing your commentary into the computer panels. You can walk into the tea room and get complementary tea on the house, another way for us to show royal hospitality and you can design a free t-shirt of a cause you are fighting for.

The third exhibit highlights Masaccio’s Trinity with the Virgin and represents significant painting during this time. It’s located at the nose of the space ship design because the painting is transformed into a three dimensional replica that stands twenty five feet tall. Jesus and the cross is symmetrically built to the nose of the space ship. The replica has translucent outlines to highlight the shape of the Trinity upon entrance the exhibit. But wait, we didn’t forget to include a replica of the painting by an art major at the old Austin Community College. There is a lady who walks around with IPAD 200 cards that you can scan with your IPAD to get full coverage and more depth than what we can show you in the exhibit. However, we are still working out kinks with this room but couldn’t go overboard because anything religious during 2100 is controversial.

Now moving along to the fourth exhibit which is upstairs, we come into the Chaitya Cave. According to Thomas Colman Dibdin and the British Library, the Chaitya caves were prayer and ritual halls. Two rows of columns delineated three aisles. The columns were very finely carved and had octagonal shafts with pot-like bases and fluted capitals, which were surmounted by sculptures of kneeling elephants carrying male and female riders (Dibdin). There will be guides to tell you about this exhibit as well as Asian food counter towards the end of the exhibit on a platform that looks similar to a stupa that Buddhist sat on. There will also be more informational panels with information on why the cave was started, and why people felt comfortable worshiping and praying there.

Now that I have shared with you the exhibits of my museum, I will share with you why these are trends of their time. The play by Sophocles, Oedipus the King is unique because it contained so much irony and it was created during a mythical time period. The solemn poetry and tone was innovative like other works of its day. The Magna Carta, 1215 exemplified a cultural trend like a lot of times during society. People want to be treated with equality and respect so they will stand together and work together when they feel things are getting out of control. Masaccio’s Trinity with the Virgin creates an artistic trend by the way his art was created, the lines and the technique for creating an amazing dimensional piece of artwork. The caves represented a trend because of the way people were changing their religious outlooks and creating new ways to stand out and differentiate themselves from one another.

A couple of major innovations that all works represented were that with time comes change. Over the course of history we witness the different things that can cause nations to come together and cause them to fall apart but whichever the chosen, comes a change. Another major innovation is individuality and equality. Each creator of the works wanted to be respected and known for a different effort being brought to the table.

Future generations should know that without these works a lot of changes or techniques for doing things would have not been created. With the Magna Carta, the United States Constitutions would not have been inspired and possibly not thought of, without Masaccio’s technique of painting, painting would have been a little more difficult, and without the caves, certain rituals would not exist today. They should care because with each advancement is a new gateway for an even bigger innovation.

I envision people interacting with the works in a flattered way. I see them appreciating what has been preserved for them and taking it all in without doubts. I know they will enjoy tasting old food and experiencing some of the things for themselves firsthand. After all, we all wonder what it was actually like to be in the world one hundred years ago!

Works Cited

Dibdin, Thomas. “Karli. Pillars in Great Chaitya Cave.” Britain: The British Library, 1839. Print.

</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: small">Konsola, Dora. "Delphi." <em>Ancient Greece</em>. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. &lt;http://www.ancient- greece.org/history/delphi.html&gt;.

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