Check out the website for the Wing Luke Asian Museum: http://www.wingluke.org/
On the left side of the first inside page, you'll see a link to the New York Times review of the museum on its opening at its new, greatly enlarged location, last spring. Read this piece, and consider the issues it raises about cultural identity and community-based representations.
For perspective on keeping a journal that documents field experiences as well as ideas, consult Pete Sinclair's Journal of Exploration, an extended essay that has been useful to many Evergreen students over the years. It's available online at:
http://archives.evergreen.edu/1976Accessions/Accession76-07/Sinclair%20Journal/Sinclair%20Journal%20of%20Exploration.pdf
Thanks to Loren Reese for finding this link.