Introduction

Nope, it's not the early 2000s, when everyone had one of these things. This is really a new blog. I know it's a bit passe, but in this age of information overload (most of it not good), I wanted a place to log my experiences in the hopes that it will help someone else out there with similar interests.

My name is Sean. I am a living historian, experimental archaeologist, researcher, and general scourge on those who believe that history is not important to everyday life. You probably noticed that the blog title is parody that famous Indiana Jones quote "It belongs in a museum!" because I do not believe that history is something that belongs in a museum.

Hold on now, that was not an invitation to grab your torches and pitchforks and raid the museums for whatever artifacts you so choose. I will not be subpoenaed for this blog inciting the theft the Hope Diamond, so calm down. 

I believe that history is something that we should experiencing every day not just looking at it through a Plexiglas barrier. History is not just a list of names, dates, and events that only apply as the backstory to the present, it is full of experiences and lives of people whose names you may never know that you can apply to 21st century life.

As I said, I'm a living historian and experimental archaeologist. Does that mean I'm one of those people who dresses up in funny clothes and acts like they're in a different time period? Yes, that's one aspect of it, but there's a lot more that goes on behind the scenes than just the wearing of funny clothes that the general public never gets to see.

That's what this blog is about, the pulling back of the curtain to see what happens in between and around the wearing of funny clothes. Some of you may find it interesting, some of you may think I'm a nut (spoiler alert: I am), but whatever your thoughts on me are, if you learn something or get interested in learning something, I've succeeded.