This controversy brings to mind the concept of a museum being a temple, to be regarded with some vague respect, from a distance, or a forum, a place that provokes intense, thoughtful discussion about a piece of art, or, in this case, an exhibit that could represent a war that culminated into one of the most devastatingly destructive events in human history. Now, with something so controversial as the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the curator, from the very beginning ought to have made a presentation that was much more comprehensive of the whole event, taking into consideration how massively it affected the Japanese. He also ought to have provided multiple viewpoints from America’s side relating to the event, both for and against the bombing. Unfortunately, because of the controversy the exhibit sparked, the end result of the description of the plane was equally unacceptable. By attempting to maintain a completely objective view by simply describing the Enola Gay as the plane that “dropped the first atomic weapon used in combat”, the Air and Space Museum cut out most of the human and emotional aspects of the event, leaving only the fact that the Enola Gay was a piece of technology.