Museum Entry

For the first museum I went to the B.A.M., I sketched this image of a horse made scrap metal.
My first impression was DAMN, this thing is probably life size. I would describe as a rusted orange painted scrap metal, that is heavy and big.If I were describing this to someone, I'd say It's a life size horse made of random pieces of metal. It is pretty simplistic, all the metal used is not really manipulated, most of it really wasn't adjusted.
Specific Words: Amazing, heavy, metal, rust, orange paint.
To display the information the museum used a white index card covered by a plastic cover.
The point of view: Is a 360 degree, you can walk around it and it's almost 7' tall.
Interpret: It's an iron horse signifying, that we will no longer rely on horses to do our work and we will rely on metal, man made objects to do our work.
Elements: cold, emotionless metal.
No questions, context does influence the meaning and it's intended for everyone.

For the second museum I went to the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa

A lot of the pieces were donated by war veterans and their families. This museum is dedicated to WWII aviation and all military branches of WWII American history.

The piece I observed was an installation of WWII clothing like fighter jackets, military issued hats and shirts, medals, pictures and basic necessities like watches, maps, blankets and cigarettes.

Narrative was of the life and travels of a soldier.

My first reaction was instant patriotism and sadness for all the people who gave their lives defending our country.

My interpretation was these were things you might see and have while being in the military.

To describe to someone I'd say a 4'x5' glass case filled with items that someone would have being in the military.

Few words I'd characterize the piece, I'd say patriotism, heroism, bravery, honor.

The were tags displayed over the entire museum telling about artifacts and stories of some of the pieces. The museum provided a pamphlet describing each display.

The artifacts were real like the airplanes, the military clothing, medal, and weapons. these were a few reproduction like a model submarine and some weapons.

The pieces were all at eye level.

Overall meaning, being in the military was a honor but was difficult

Elements included were Military propaganda from other countries and things the military gave to inspire troops.

Choices curator made were to inform the public about military life and to honor those who served. Also to get the feeling of the era, the museum played music and radio shows you'd hear from the 1940's.

Really no question asked, but maybe not to forget those in who were in WWII

Context is exclusively influenced by all branches of the military.

This museum was intended for everyone.