California Museum Tour
I chose the California Museum: Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA located at 7000 Merrill Ave. Ste 35 in Chino, Hours 9am to 5pm…Contact by Phone: 909-597-3722 …website: http://www.planesoffame.org
They also have a second location in Valle, Arizona for those who may be in that area. Contact by phone: 928-635-1000. What is great is both locations Active Duty Military get in FREE!!
The museum does offer volunteer opportunities if you are so inclined and want to spend some close up and personal time in one of their museums. They always take donations to help continue the restoration and availability of their museum displays. As well as you can join and become a member of the museum.
I played tourist for a day and had one of those times of my life, mostly because of my love and passion for planes. One of my missions in life is to fly someday, after missing my opportunity to join the Air Force by choice at that point I was too short to fly. So, now I can share with friends, classmates and this course my hopeless over the top passion for planes.
I paid my admission was given a map of the museum that is a guide through the collection of aircraft hangers. It took me about four-hours to look at all the displays as I soaked it intently in, tour and read at my leisure. The museum also had videos you could sit and watch in some of the hangars, which words could not describe that experience. The pictures are very incredible themselves of these well kept planes.
This museum was incredible, I got up early and drove over to the Planes of Fame Museum from Los Angeles where I stayed. The unique aspect about this museum is that most of their collection is in flyable condition and of course for a extra fee you can ride in the jump seat of some of the aircraft. I will add that the museum has many “one of a kind” aircraft in which the founders Paul E Garber and Mr. Ed Maloney obtained when there wasn’t any interest in historic aircraft. This collection has been moved many times to different hangers for display.
One of my most favored of the collection of aircraft is the sole surviving only flyable warbird left in the world, which is the: Northrop N9MB flying wing. A Horton Brothers glider, Japanese Mitsubishi “Zero” still includes its original engine. Most of the collection on display at this museum is rare Warbird Military Aircraft.
The whole collection on display at the museum consists of: Flying & Static Aircraft, their Restoration Projects, Military Vehicles and the 475th Fighter Group. The museum offers education about the aircraft and museum in their hands on aviation facility, theater, the member research library and they also offer an education program ( I am looking for free lessons!!).
Check this out, their museums offer an Aircraft/Facility Rental…for events, Member supported flights, you can book an heritage flight, book aircraft for airshows and you can rent the military vehicles.
The downfall I have or biggest complaint is I wished they had more room to showcase these aircraft. It made it a challenge to take pictures indoors, but I still give this museum a full rack of stars because it is one of the only museums you can find displayed aircraft these days. The museum does host an airshow every year which passed already this year but I put on my calendar as a “to do” for next year. The museum also have many other events including the Taste of Flight, please take a look at the website I included above the calendar looks exciting for the events offered.
I do believe this is one of the best museums in the country, I have heard the annual airshow is exceptional (I do plan to attend 2011), Planes of Fame Museum is a First-
Class restoration facility with excellent intimate experiences well worth the $11.00 entrance fee, I seriously could have been there all day, it was so interesting to read the full history of the WarFare Birds.
I also had the opportunity to notice several WW2 Vets there and they were not shy in sharing their experiences with me, what a treat!!
Artwork Critique Form
QUESTIONS Write your ideas here. Give first impressions. Make guesses. Say what you see, do not say what you like, or don't like. Do not judge. Describe, analyze, and interpret.
l. What stands out the most when you first see it? .The hanging aircraft, how amazingly big and impressive the first impression you get walking up, it starts your adrenaline motor
2. Explain the reason you notice the thing you mention in number 1. .The aircraft is so big and isn’t a replica it is the real thing which some still operate and are flown today
3. As you keep looking, what else seems important? .The history and education behind the warfare of these aircraft behind each one there is a story.
4. Why does the thing you mention in number 3 seem important. .History is what binds us and because these were actually used in war it is amazing we touch what protected our Country if that isn’t important then we as humans should dig deeper into the importance of the air we breathe and our freedoms we have today.
5. How has contrast been used. See Contrast Note - over.
.Size definitely is a visual, Shape is also a definite feature to each aircraft. The different symbols on the planes that are specific colors depending on the symbol or sign. The exact placement of color bans on each aircraft
6. What leads your eye around from place to place? See Connections - over.
.The different display of each aircraft and its unique features and history who flew it, when, where and how it became important to us.
7. What tells you about the style used by this artist? See Style -over
.Every plane is unique to its own shape, size, and the inside of each aircraft has its own personality
8. What seems to be hiding in this composition? .Possibly where the ammunition may have been stored to each individual style of aircraft.
9. Why do you think this was partially hidden? .Safety, precaution and so the enemy didn’t know where the area of release was so they wouldn’t know where our target was coming from.
10. Imagine the feelings and meanings this artwork represents? .The pain and accomplishments and stories of the aircraft and of our Vets that is shared today to the world and each visitor in a more up close and personal way of feeling.
11. What titles could you give this artwork? .Fighter, Trojan, Airline, Invader, Skyraider, Mohawk, and Mustang
12. What other things interest you about this artwork? .Education offered, Rental options, they have two different museum locations California and Arizona that hangs these Warfare Bids in an amazing display for our viewing pleasures.
Outside California Museum:
I chose the Columbia Gorge Community Gorge Center Museum for my Museum of choice outside of California. The reason behind this is because I grew up in Oregon and lived in The Dalles for over 10 years so I chose this particular one due to close personal home root feelings. I have volunteered, worked in and given presentations and different events at this Museum. The museum has also donated to many of my causes through the years. I have also visited this museum in its beginnings and throughout its expansions. Being able to grow with a Museum of this nature is very inspiring and connecting.
This museum is located at: 5000 Discovery Drive in The Dalles, Oregon, contact phone: 541-296-8600. Hours 9am to 5pm daily. Website: http://www.gorgediscovery.org
This particular museum has many public opportunities to be involved which are in events, programs, group tours, office rental functions. Some of what the discovery Center offers (most frequently referred to as)...Public: Return of the Weird World Science Summer Day Camp for 1st to 3rd grade in the morning and 4th to 6th graders in the afternoons. The days are full of workshops, hands-on projects, and education to understand Biology, Chemistry and Physics through safe entertaining activities.
The Raptor Interpretive program and Education program 11am to 2pm daily Monday-Friday. Offering an experience and education with Birds of Prey. Including an opportunity to sponsor or adopt a Raptor go to the website above to see the list and prices. This also informs those interested in the actual cost to care for these Raptors.
The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center (CGDC) is modeled after a Native American Longhouse; I believe it is one of the most beautiful museums you will see. The architect to the construction of this museum makes a huge impression even before you walk through the exhibits. When you walk through the doors it stuns you the incredible beauty of the facility. So, you then question whether the exhibits will hold as high a standard as the building itself. The exhibits are just as incredible as the structure that holds them. This is a great place for kids, which offers a very nice area for kids called “kid’s explorer Room” to hide bones in the sand and then digging them up explaining that is what paleontologists do. Kids also get to balance a boat so it doesn’t sink and learn the technique behind it. There is also a life size Mastodon model that stands 13 feet tall, next to a cave for exploration, how it may have caused the ice age and how it affected the Columbia Gorge region. But you may want to peek at the recommended ages, not much for toddlers and elementary aged kids.
CGDC offers a wide variety of programs/events that are open to the public and some that you must register for as I mentioned above are also the ones I have been involved with and are the most important offered by the museum to me. I would suggest corresponding a trip with an even offered as a good idea to engage the whole family to what the museum offers, this is a great way to really observe the discovery center as well.
There is also a wonderful trail along the riverfront of The Dalles to the Discovery Center which is gorgeous and paved so the whole family can enjoy it, there are numerous areas to park and catch up on the trail as it paves its way to the museum, that is if you do not wish to do the whole trail walk approx. 5 miles.
This museum is located right off I-84 Exit 82 this is an official interpretive center of the National Scenic Area divided into the Discovery Center and Wasco County Historical Museum and has a lobby in the center dividing each side.
The Discovery wing side displays and exhibits Ice Age and its theories, mammoths, fossils, wildlife, geology, native people, the famous Oregon Trail, Lewis & Clark expedition and the Volcanic explosions, violent floods and earthquakes which shaped the Gorge.
The Wasco County Historical Wind houses displays and exhibits on the history, industry, agriculture and people past and present of Wasco County. Which include the Lewis and Clark Cargo, Street Scene, Cannery industry, Farming, Rail system, Salmon Fishing, missionaries, native people. Which extends outside including the interpretive Trail which surrounds and leads to the Discovery Center winding through the native vegetation, plants, flowers and viewpoints of the Columbia River Gorge.
I think the main feature of the museum is one of my favorite exhibits at the museum, which is the ongoing research by Ken Karsmizki on the Lewis and Clark expedition through this part of the Gorge area. Research shows they carried 30 tons of equipment, 33 men as part of their group and some of the actual equipment which includes: Indian artifacts, medicines, clothing, mathematical instruments, camp equipment and a replica of the actual transportation wagon they used. This is all fascinating to see on display at the Museum.
There is also a TV show on the Discovery Channel has been made of Karsmizki’s research and findings and can be viewed at the Museum. NASA and the Air Force have also helped with the Center.
The other very exciting exhibit is the Ice Age exhibit which is a permanent exhibit II, with a Columbian 13 13 foot mammoth and an interpretation of the role the ice age played in populating America. This display also tells the history behind why everything reached Mammoth proportions during the ice age and why people migrated during this time and the complex and incomplete theories of the ice age. I think what is important about this particular exhibit is its link to the Columbia Gorge in that the floods played a big part in creating the Gorge. I see how the display is also designed to spark interest and encourage further exploration of the Columbia Gorge region.
I also enjoy this Museum for its multitude of hands-on activities for both kids and adults. Including the seclusive by appointment only special exhibits that are not open to the public. There is a private collection with more than 1,100 locks, a basket collection, a photo and a book collection. Other collections are in the process of being displayed and you have access to see the process of them being assembled.
The museum offers a restaurant onsite~ Basalt Rock Café~ all homemade from scratch foods hot and cold, Oregon food products, history books, maps and souvenirs as well as unique gifts in the museum store. You must try the Oregon Taffy...made onsite!!
Artwork Critique Form
QUESTIONS Write your ideas here. Give first impressions. Make guesses. Say what you see, do not say what you like, or don't like. Do not judge. Describe, analyze, and interpret.
l. What stands out the most when you first see it? .The construction of the museum is modeled after the Native American Longhouse which is an architect of beauty in itself.
2. Explain the reason you notice the thing you mention in number 1. .You can’t help but notice how stunning this huge facility is as you walk up to the museum
3. As you keep looking, what else seems important? The the museum is located right on the river of the Columbia Gorge and there is a trail from The dalles to the Discovery Center. This is an interpretive trail in which wraps around the museum and winds through native vegetation, plants, flowers and viewpoints.
4. Why does the thing you mention in number 3 seem important. .Because it is what created the museums present location and is centered around all the native growth and also the trail is a replica of Lewis and Clarks trail they traveled through the Columbia Gorge area.
5. How has contrast been used.
See Contrast Note - over.
.Size of the museum standing out intentionally architecturally, the colors being a blend of the area and environment that the museum resides in.
6. What leads your eye around from place to place? See Connections - over.
.The unique design of the displays as well as the set up is laid out to lead you through to the next area displayed as well as there are tours. The displays are impressive in size and structure as well as some being life size which gives it great eye appeal.
7. What tells you about the style used by this artist? See Style -over
.The education information, pamphlets given at the front gallery, as well as the descriptions of the artifacts.
8. What seems to be hiding in this composition? .what hasn’t been researched or still in process of research that may include additional display or design to each area.
9. Why do you think this was partially hidden? .To keep the research projects going and keep innovating exciting displays that continually are added to.
10. Imagine the feelings and meanings this artwork represents? .A deep connection with a part of history and the people and things that once were…Its almost a lost feeling but yet a closer feeling to what use to be
11. What titles could you give this artwork? .Massive, historic, impressive replicas of the environment surrounded by the Museum displayed inside. Heroic, past-present and future
12. What other things interest you about this artwork? .This is the best displayed for the natural and culture history of the area. Especially if you are into Lewis & Clark, The Oregon Trail or Native Americans. The experience of replicas of live raptors. Lastly there is interest for all ages above 5 years old as well as a great restaurant that has culinary skills in their presentation of foods on location to feed the group!!
__8. Review 10
choose one multiple choice 'test' question created by each of these 10
classmates (put name in parenthesis for each classmate question so we
know the source). Cut and paste into 'Week 3' blog post.
1.It is necessary to trust in the oppressed and in their ability to ____________.
A. Converse
*B.reason
C.fight
D.be problematic
E. be the oppressed.
(Cassandra)
2.How did Paulo Freire die?
a) heart attack*
b) cancer
c) old age
d) car accident
(Justin)
3. Freire was appointed which political seat in Brazil in 1988?
A. Secretary of Justice
B. Secretary of Education *
C. Secretary of State
D. Secretary of Agriculture
(Kristine)
4.Who does the struggle for freedom affect?
a. all people
b. slaves
c. rich
d. oppressor and theri own oppressed *
e. Oppressors only (Lucy)
5.) ________________thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication.
a) Reality
b) Authentic*
c) General
d) Literacy
e) Oppressed(Natalie)
6.What did Paulo Freire’s wife do for a living?
a. Chef
b. House wife
c. Tutor
d. Teacher*
e. Director
(Penny)
7.Violence is initiated by those who...
A. oppress
B. exploit,
C. fail to recognize others as persons
D. all of the above * (Olivia)
8.At what school did Freire enroll in 1943?
A. Harvard
B. University of Brazil
C. University of Recife **
D. University of Jaboatão dos Guararapes
E. He never attended a University (Summer)
9.Liberation is a _____: the action and reflection of men upon their world in order to transform it.
A. Conscientization
B. Dialogue
C. Privilege
D. Literacy
E. Praxis* (Kerby)
10.Ancient and modern languages are an example of Disciplinary Humanities, which of the followings are other examples?
a. Literature, law, history, philosophy, religion and visual and performing arts *
b. Psychology
c. Sociology
d. Psychology and Visual and performing arts
e. All of the above (Dana)
Dialogue Structure for Practice:
When I researched Teresa’s web blog I found _she struggled with people backing his literary programs. I noticed Lucy had the same search result in that we both feel that Santa Rosa is our home and we dont see ourselves moving far away from it.I wonder if the topic we researched would have changed her views on what she thinks of California in that she would think we were more or less diverse.very similar with a few of the same questions
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