On the 19th of this month, our Writer’s Workshop class took a small trip to the Booth Western Art Museum. We explored the depths of Cartersville’s local and international art, all centered in this one building. Occasionally, you can find the artists roaming around the museum conversing and admiring their own work. The gift shop was littered with pieces of history and trinkets. The upstairs contains the Presidential gallery, with “life-sized” portraits of past presidents. Another popular gallery, the “Modern West” concentrates on modern-day Native Americans, and cowboys. It includes real Native American clothing, and a photography section of the urban cowboy and ranch hand. 

The smell of the cafeteria swarmed the rest of the building as I wandered the galleries. Tall statues of lonesome cowpokes were spread around the floors. Artifacts were displayed inside the art galleries with thick pieces of glass dividing the viewer from the piece. The lawn around the Museum was a perfect shade of green with tall bronze statues in different spots. Each statue told a different, exciting story. At 11:20 we congregated at the front for a picture and headed back on our calming walk to the school.