Autry Museum Experience

On December 30, 2017 at 10:00 am, Madi Barker (and her mom) took a miniature field trip to the Autry Museum to fulfill her history class extra credit assignment. While she was there, she explored just about every exhibition offered, including La Raza, California Continued, Play!, and Art of the West. She stayed there for a total of two and a half hours, and was able to get a guided tour from a docent, time to roam by herself, and explore the gift shop. Overall, she was very pleased with her experience! It was a lot better than she expected it to be, and it helped that her mom was there since she could personally relate to some of the aspects of the museum displayed. Madi’s favorite exhibit was either La Raza or Art of the West, but her favorite piece was the extremely long mural that covered many centuries of historical individuals. …show more content…
History to the Autry Museum. The reason being is the time span of the Autry Museum seemed to be slightly more modern than what she has learned in class. For example, in one of the exhibits, her mom was able to recall some of items displayed, such as movies, toys, and notable people, which caused some suspicion to Madi, since she last recalled the presidency of Woodrow Wilson in class. Her mom was born 8 presidents succeeding Wilson, so trying to connect the year gap was challenging. However, with a little deeper thinking and less stress, she was able to walk out of the museum with clear correlations between the class and the museum. Furthermore, there were three notable pieces at the museum that she especially noticed a connection