The ‘Information Age’ exhibition

The Information Age exhibition is a history book about the evolution of technologies since its very start to our era. The room of the exhibition is set to a way the visitors can chronologically walk from the oldest telegraphs to the most modern satellite. And as The Queen has already wished, I do hope you enjoy the visit too.

The message is quite straightforward. The telegraph is now the e-mail, the old- fashioned ‘let’s meet tomorrow at 5′ turned into messages and our privacy is protected by satellite that follow us EVERY where we go. If the concept of evolution sounds scary, we now analyze the counterpart. Think about the sad story of the Titanic. This story does sound better, does it? Yes, many lives were taken. Many others saved. Indeed thanks to the modernization of technologies, the Titanic managed to reach for help as you all by now know, particularly thanks to Di Caprio touching interpretation of Jake.

Also, the exhibition shows how the evolution of radios and televisions allow people to be informed, to inform others or to better say; ‘to inform, educate and entertain’ as the 1922’s BBC general director Keith claimed to be the main purpose of the BBC at the time. We come to know many things we wouldn’t otherwise be aware of.

At the same time we are informed with news that at times is neither critical nor objective and our lives are shaped by media on a daily basis. Hence, once you have visited the exhibition you have a sense of how important science is, how important technology is in our lives and the way technology has been a mean of communication through which, behind set agendas, moulded many people’s lives and believes.

Behind the exhibition there is also an attempt of emphasising the role of the British Empire throughout the centuries. Its importance has been echoed through the media in the museum as much the Empire exploited such technologies to do the same centuries ago.

To a less attentive eye though, the exhibition represents a pleasant way of taking visitors back in time when life was less interconnected. When lives were lived differently, when we were less into cyber relations and more into vis à vis relationship.