If one wants to list some of the best tourist destinations in the world, Columbus, Indiana is a name. This city is known worldwide for its rich architectural heritage and historical collections. The museums in Columbus are noteworthy and you can’t miss to visit them at any cost.
‘The Columbus Center for Visual Communications’ is one such place to witness. A great number of educational and artistic items and various fun items can be seen in this museum.The museum is situated in the department of visual communication centre, in the campus of IVY Tech State College, Columbus. It can be contacted on 812-372-9925. The major idea of this museum is to encourage creativity in the field of media and exhibit it for the people to have a look at. As the name suggests, the theme of the museum is to communicate via visual medium. So here one can view huge collection of photographs, posters, comics, cards etc.
The museum displays variety of featured poster designs, comic illustrations, screen printed posters, game cards like baseball cards, photographs related to nature; like trees, animals, jungles, oceans, rivers, mountains, planets and so on, and many more creative and artistic things. Every spring, the ‘American Society of Media Photographers’ arranges a show, known as ‘One Show’ in which a theme is given and the photographs or posters related to that theme are displayed there. For example there can be images of eggs, or clothes, or pencils, or apples, or monuments or any random thing under the sun. This has always been a favorite show of artists and also the people there. The incredible creativity demonstrated here make us wonder; given a chance human mind can create out of the world things as well!
The amazing part played by this museum in the field of media and photography is an unforgettable one. It provides a very good platform for the artists to showcase their talent and also learn from others.
