This is my favorite episode of The Brain Scoop. I've been asked to return to UM and give a lecture on my museum experiences, this program, and the future of it all. This video captured the last time I was in that collection, my exact moment of departure, and I cannot wait until March when I get to go see it again after being away nearly 2 years.

@JimRandolph

9 жыл бұрын

It does and it doesn't seem that long ago.

@donvnielsen

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for treating us to your moment. Cruel lesson is that you may be one with the museum, the exhibits, the people, and you have a caring and loyalty to them. Unfortunately, the museum...the business entity itself...does not have the same feelings back to you. So, appreciate the feelings that you have. Share them. And take them without reservation to wherever you want to go.

@katiemsipos

9 жыл бұрын

I started watching The Brain Scoop a couple days ago and it definitely shows how much you care for UM and its collection. It didn't came across as small because you filled it with life. This episode pulled the curtains back, first slowly, and then dramatically, and it's heartbreaking, but a fantastic means to show how underfunded and under-utilized it is. I hope things have been at least maintained and look forward to catching up in time for your March update.

@phoenixliv

9 жыл бұрын

I was just rewatching this one and wondering if you still missed it from your beautiful and well kept museum out in Chicago... It seems like apples v oranges.

@davidshi451

9 жыл бұрын

Keep us posted! Would love to hear how the collection is doing :)

I'm not even kidding, have you thought about submitting this in the short film category at film festivals?

Mr. Aranda did a great job capturing Emily's transition to a place where she would see her passion and effort met with similar enthusiasm. I may or may not have cried a little.

(1:25) "…I just feel like I've fought so hard, and it hasn't gotten me anywhere with expanding our space or getting more funding." It seems to be a sad commentary on our entire generation that hard work fails to generate success, but I'm glad that you have found a new place, and I look forward to watching more Brain Scoop.

I was rewatching this video and was really curious as to what happened to the museum after Emily left it, so I took to google and found the website for the museum. On the staff page, Emily is still listed as an intern. It deeply saddens me to know that the museum has been left in such uninterested hands, and seems to be so forgotten that they haven't even updated the website in 3 years.

@DenkouNova

7 жыл бұрын

She isn't listed anymore now. Perhaps they read your comment :)

My very first job out of high school was at The Franklin Institute Science Museum. The floor staff was almost entirely made up of college students, many on work/study programs. Two months after I left they fired the entire floor staff and replaced them with untrained retired volunteers subsidized by government grant. Exchanging an opportunity to expose young minds to the joy of teaching science for a few dollars was a despicable crime. Their attitude towards science was made even clearer when they destroyed a large research library of primary source material, some of which went back as far as the 1820's, to make room for an IMAX theater and a couple of restaurants. A ghost of its former self, it has become totally dependent on income generated by traveling exhibitions created by other museums that are now out of its league. A sad comment on a what was one of America's first and best science museums.

@alannar.8701

9 жыл бұрын

My Girl Scout troop did a sleepover thing there two or three years ago. I've always been a STEM girl, so I noticed that there just wasn't a lot of actual science there.

@RMoribayashi

9 жыл бұрын

Alanna R. I actually worked the _very first_ sleepover back in the '70s. I hope you had a clear night. It was so much fun showing the kids Jupiter and its moons back then.

@alannar.8701

9 жыл бұрын

We didn't even get to do the astronomy stuff. We walked around for a bit, and went to sleep. That sounds like it would have been awesome, though!

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

5 жыл бұрын

I remember going to the Franklin Institute for school trips (it seemed like every year was the Franklin Institute). That was more than 20 years ago. How sad.

I am 54 years old {in 2015}, male, and I got a bit 'choked up' over a stuffed raccoon....

@andyoli75

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know how she kept it together. I almost couldn't.

I only discovered this channel a few weeks ago and stumbled onto this video. I did not realize Emily was from Montana and assumed that she always worked in the Field Museum. So learning that she knew Michael and Hank, and that she didn't even major in a science field was surprising, to say the least. The sheer juxtaposition between the latest episodes in the Field Museum and this episode with her saying goodbye to this humble collection is nothing less than awe-inspiring. This video was incredibly bittersweet. Emily looked so crestfallen saying goodbye to the university's collection, unknowing what its future would be, if it even had one. But now, in the Field Museum, Emily is so happy. Her curiosity has pushed her into history with the new butterfly species. Seeing someone like Emily, someone who didn't even think she was cut out for science, be passionate about it and continues to fight for its preservation is reassuring, especially with how tumultuous the world is now. Keep doing you, Emily. Keep doing you.

What really inspires me is that Emily was a late bloomer, and that she became so passionate and an active advocate to the public about the beauty and coolness of museums. Thank you. When I go to the Field Museum, I hope I run into you or the people that you have shown in the video to thank you guys.

i've only just started watching this series, but i found this one really touching. also, i can't help thinking of the embarrassment of riches poured into sport programs while things that actually matter languish away in forgotten basements

I'm so glad you got to take the racoon. Such a bittersweet episode ♥

@izzieluv

8 жыл бұрын

+Lizzie Fleck You are the Chief Curiosity Correspondent. What a GREAT job title! It sounds like you literally just get to be curious and encourage the curiosity of others for a living!

I love that title more than anything "Chief Curiosity Correspondent"

I can't stop crying. Emily, you're my favorite. I'll miss the Wright Zoological Museum, and I hope it lives on and continues to inspire.

I just started watching the Brain Scoop and this episode touched my heart. If I had any real money, I know what I'd want to do with it - supporting the sciences. In the end, the best way is to make sure our government support the STEM fields and institutions.

This nearly made me cry. After this show got some publicity from decidedly NON-scientific things I decided to check it out and started watching from the start. After all of these episodes a certain kinship is felt and seeing Emily leave her cozy little museum and volunteer job that borders on full time hobby to move up to working in one of the largest Nat History museums in the world... It's an incredibly inspiring story. Watching her walk through the museum at the end and realizing the magnitude of this change is truly awesome.

This is probably my favorite Brain Scoop video. There is something so special about working in a small collection. You remember the first day you stumbled into it, clueless and impressed and overwhelmed, and yet in a few years' time you unexpectedly find yourself having become one of the experts - knowing every nook and cranny of the collection, the how-to's and the make-do's - with so many crazy and wonderful and horrible stories about it and the time you've spent in there! Nobody else, or very few others, care about or know the collection quite as well as you do, and it's so hard leaving it behind, not knowing what is to happen to all those carefully curated objects. I had an herbarium I had to leave behind once. I'm ecstatic that The Brain Scoop was recognized as a gem that could benefit an even bigger audience by moving to Chicago... but I love that it started because of one person's discovery of and devotion to a small, obscure, but no less valuable, collection. :)

I wish these specimens could have been transferred to the Chicago museum as well instead of left in the basement. :(

SO MANY FEELINGS such a beautifully shot video. :)

i really hope someone has been taking care of that museum with as much passion and care as she did

I love how gentle Michael's voice was every time he asked a question. I know it's already been 3 years and I came super late to the party, but man did I break down at the end. I'm glad to see you're doing well in Chicago, Emily :)

Emily, you are WAY more than "normal"! You're a marvelous, intelligent, charming young woman. Hang in there, lady, your life is going to be wonderful.

I've seen this episode before and I'm just now returning to it after bingewatching a bunch of older dissections... and I'm emotional, I'm actually crying. So proud of Emily for coming this far and getting this amazing opportunity.

I partly grew up in a university natural history museum, where my grandfather once served as curator. In the days where there was no money, it was his labor of love when he wasn't busy being a mathematics professor. The Field Museum holds an incredible collection, and your enthusiasm for all it contains will never lessen your contribution to the UMZM. You've given me a new appreciation for my grandfather's work. Best wishes to you in this incredible new adventure.

HEATHER HSU! Thank you for funding The Brain Scoop thus far! You are awesome.

For someone just starting out in college for a degree in science, this video showed me that scientific careers are hard, unpredictable, sometimes discouraging, but still worth it. A love for science makes all that worth it, and, hopefully, helps lead us to a point of redemption. Thanks, Emily

The level of feels. Man, life goes on and our squishy biological machines keep going.

I'm so glad that Hank went and made that first thoughts from places video at the museum and now we have the Brain Scoop and we're all a little bit smarter for it. Thank you to Hank and Emily and Michael and Heather Hsu and everyone involved in this show!

Emily, you'll never know how many people have been informed and inspired by your example as a young woman of science! Thanks so much! I look forward to many more revelations from you!

**trying not to cry** **trying not to cry** Oh, no, there go the tears.

Dangit all, this made me cry at the end. (I know, old video, but working my way through the playlist...)

You know. You're the goal. To find that passion. The thing you willing to wake up everyday and go to, for no pay, and work for hours. Just cause you love it so much. This channel is amazing and you are amazing.

This video is a piece of art that should be on display in a museum, it paints such a complete picture.

This video still makes me tear up, just a tiny bit. It's kinda reminiscent of so many transitions.

Emily has such a great level of passion and love for what she does. I wish I could be just like that with whatever fate will hold in store for me in the future.

"It still has brains on it..." Why did that make me so sad? Congratulations Emily. I hope someone finds the idea of your museum and comes to love it as you have.

I have never cried over a video about a Museum........ until today.

i watched it again... it is always the same feeling.

Congrats on the new position. Sad to see all those samples and such in that storage and state, very sad.

3 Seconds in and I'm already crying. Awesome.

Thank you Emily and everyone who works on The Brain Scoop. I didn't know how interested in I was in this subject until this channel showed up. Looks like a trip to Chicago is in order.

An amazing tribute of passion and purpose!

I think this video is so touching :) I think everyone has their "museum" they find hard to leave. For me it was leaving the Navy after four years. Most important thing is to have that "museum " in your heart and never forget it :) Thanks Emily!

i just hope her friend gave her the hug she looked like she really needed.

The Brain Scoop is just a fantastically fascinating back drop to the stunningly magnificent story of the heart warming Emily Graslie.

I want to find "my museum". I am so clouded, right now, I'm taking Masters in Atmospheric Science and I honestly don't like it. I am not happy, I can't get any funds for my research..I want to find somewhere where I can put my heart on wholeheartedly no matter how far it is from my major. This has been going on for almost 2 years. I need "my museum" by that I mean like what Emily found when she started as an intern. I wanna find that, and stay there, grow there. Sorry for this long comment. Emily, you're awesome!

@punyapratyushasethi6048

7 жыл бұрын

Karen Conda best of luck luf

@garethbaus5471

4 жыл бұрын

Clouded - atmospheric Good word choice.

Aw your video made me so sad.. about all the fish in the basement and your little racoon and the leaving..

A new chapter is commencing. We'll miss you UMZM!

Thank you Heather Hsu. You allowed this amazing show to continue with your never-forgotten awesomeness. DFTBA

"I CAN do science! I can do SCIENCE! Science is a thing that I like!"

@twojuiceman

3 жыл бұрын

I need this as a shirt

I CRY WHEN I GET TO THE CREDITS

Baby you got ball and I got RESPECT for you. I am currently going through a fighting phase myself and seeing you letting your hopes take you really helps me when I am particularly morose. So thank you, Next Stop, London.

Oh my god, I think I'm gonna cry. It still has brains on it.

In India we fucking burned down our NATIONAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. A fucking national museum.Shame on us shame on us

@tacticalultimatum

7 жыл бұрын

Shubham Bhushan it's gone downhill after British rule left

@Hypatia4242

7 жыл бұрын

I read about that. I'm so sorry. Perhaps the tragedy will bring an awareness of its importance to the public?

I don't think it's a loss for her. Anyone who is as passionate as her will find a more fulfilling job somewhere else. It's a loss for the university. Shame

Congratulations Emily and the Brain Scoop team! This is excellent news!

Yes, Emily you are on your way!!! We love you. I worked in museums and universities for ...lessee ...40 years... and you are ONE OF US!!!

Loan the material to the University of Florida In Gainesville, Florida.

I want to be like you and learn things and work in a museum like you but I don't know where to start :(

@codybarnett2217

7 жыл бұрын

HollarForADollar :D Volunteer go to a museum and ask questions and pursue pursue never give up on your dream. Make sacrifices work hard and push through bad moments to get your goal.

All best wishes in your new adventure. It's great that Brain Scoop is going to be supported by the Field Museum! I hope people will take responsibility for your legacy in Montana.

my heart is breaking. I really wish we could raise money to support it! it deserves to be taken care of!

Yeah. Emily's emotion was really contagious.

Congratulations Emily, Hank, Michael, and whoever else is involved in making the Brain Scoop. I can't wait to see what Chicago holds for the next season!

Without this video, I may have stopped watching when Emily went to Chicago. Part of the charm of Brain Scoop has always been that it was at a tucked away little place and it was so driven by Emily's interest. It was not another nature show talking about the same animals that everyone else fixates on. It was mostly Montana, it was raw, it was true.

Ah, Emily, you are the living example of finding a way to do what you love and how that leads to real success. Congratulations!

Watching this so much later, and I teared up. I hate it when science and knowledge disintegrates because no one values it, no one is willing to pay 😭

The closing of one door is the opening of another. I know we'll all miss the University but to take that step and move to the Field Museum will open so many new doors for both her and us as Brain Scoop watchers. I'm so happy for you, Emily!

The was, in my humble opinion. The greatest Brainscoop video that you Emily and Michael have ever made. It very emotionally, and honestly acted as a watershed event in the history of The Brainscoop.

Congratulations I work at the American Museum of Natural History and I totally identify with so many parts of your story! Specimen care can be a challenge in many settings. This has been a great series and I am looking forward to more from a new location! I have loved all of your episodes and this one too. There are so many challenges and I loved it when you said you can interact with the collections, REAL STUFF! Some people think interactivity means a touch screen...

It's silly that this made me cry, right? I'm incredibly sad that the Montana museum has lost both of its key driving forces and looks to be rather adrift but also immensely pleased that you now have a job you can live off of in an amazing collection. Finding your passion is no small thing. That's not 'pretty normal,' it's pretty amazing! Like all your numerous fans and well wishers, I'm so glad you have a platform to share that passion with the world.

The Brain Scoop theme playing softly on the piano at the end was really beautiful.

I am just so so happy for Emily. I feel as if she's found her niche in the world, her happy place and is finally receiving the recognition she deserves. The pieces of her life seem to be coming together, and absurdly, that brings me immeasurable joy.

It seems appropriate, after this, to watch Thoughts from Dead Animals & then the subsequent very first Brain Scoop. Sincere congratulations! I hope UMZM comes to their senses.

Chief Curiosity correspondent? For one of the greatest museums in the world? Montana is beautiful,......but......Wow! Congratulations Emily!

The technical quality and the quality of content of Brain Scoop always amazes me. Please never stop! I am ver happy for you, Emily!

On the youtube home page, this video randomly came into my mind. I cried.

Congrats to Michael Aranda for doing such an amazing job with the filming and editing of this, and the production and... everything else. Top work.

i don't think u understand how much i love this episode

bittersweet. thank you Emily and Michael. ...anyone else having graduation flashbacks?

I am so happy Brain Scoop will continue!! I was completely surprised by how much I love the show and that's always the best thing; finding something new to love.

"... it still has brains on it" was very reassuring. "Cream always rises." I'm very happy for you.

I never thought that I would fall in love with this show as much as I have.

I didn't dislike it, I was asking who could possibly dislike it because of how emotional and beautiful it was

You are an amazing person. Never forget that. You continue being who you are.

This is by far the sweetest, most touching tribute to dead animals I have ever seen. In all seriousness, Emily is a genuine inspiration. Not only does she make morbidity valuable, educational, and fun, but she embodies the ideal of someone who LOVES their work. I wish you all the best in your new adventures!

The whole video was moving, but the classical rendition of the brainscoop tune at the end was probably the most beautiful sendoff I've ever seen.

I've been in that same situation too. Spent a year interning in museums and did a master's at the V&A in London, learned that for me it's not worth the risk. My parents can't support me while I work for free. Thankfully I've so far been able to make a modest living as a freelance historian and journalist, which I'm very grateful for as it's not common for writers to make a living.

I am SO glad there are people like you, who care so deeply and work so hard to keep up these things. Whether it's in Montana or Illinois, you will discover things and share them with others. Keeping that wonder alive is a very noble cause.

I love seeing Montana in the videos. The hike to the bear was one of my favorites. One has to let go of something to grab something else.

I think that "chief curiosity correspondent" is like the best job title ever. You're the chief of curiosity! Ultimate Nerdfighter!

I legitimately cannot handle all the emotions here. I cannot.

Seeing "Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent" on the door at the end...amazing. Just amazing.

the whole video is a feels galore!! dangit its more heart wrenching than sad movies, dangit i need my manliness back!!

For some reason, when Emily said "You can't go back," I couldn't help but think of what a great Doctor Who companion she would make.

I grew up in St. Louis and our family took regular trips to Chicago throughout my childhood. The field museum was and still is my absolute favorite place to visit when I go there. It is just a wealth of both information and inspiration. I'm sure you'll be very happy there.

The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up, I've got goosebumps down my arms, all because this is such a touching video. Best wishes, and DFTBA.

I should say *Was so undervalued. She is valued by us, and by, I'm sure, the Chicago NHM

This was heart wrenching to watch. I hope everyone at the brain scoop finds happiness in Chicago and that the collection at the zoological museum is cared for and not neglected or forgotten. People especially future generations need to learn about our natural history. Thanks so much for being one of the best and most educational channels on KZread!

I'm glad she took Soon with her. He's become something of a mascot for thebrainscoop and I feel like there's some kind bond between them, since she rescued him from behind the cabinet and all.

All the qualities you find in life are not found because of 'where' you are but because 'you' are there. Life is what you make it, whether you're in Montana, Chigago, .... Thunder Bay... Emily, you're going to find that the wonders of the world (nature) will never cease to amaze, as long as you keep looking for them. Enjoy Chicago! ...... Joey

I feel personally proud of this channel because I feel like I am part of the story it is in the middle of telling. Thank you so much for that. Wonderful video. I am excited to see what comes next!