during our washington d.c. trip, I visited the freer gallery of art, the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden, and the national air and space museum and chose to focus on their identities. the freer gallery of art focused on asian art, and I thought it had a strong sense of identity. however I thought the hirshhorn museum, which focused on modern contemporary art and sculpture, had a very poor sense of identity. out of all three museums though, I thought the national air and space museum had the strongest sense of identity. it completely immersed you in historic aviation and its space collection the second you walked into the lobby space and had very elaborate exhibits.
for the greensboro historical museum project, I think that one major issue is that the sense of identity is lost in the lobby space. drawing from what I learned and observer, I feel that I better understand what needs to be changed in the space to create a stronger identity.
