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« on: August 14, 2017, 04:50:31 PM »

Inspired by this

"Dippy the dinosaur may be gone, but Hope the blue whale adds a glorious new dimension to the Natural History Museum"

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/the-newly-refurbished-natural-history-museum-is-glorious/



please give me recommendations for museums, national trust properties, stately homes, parks etc that i must visit.

(yes, i know i am old) (over/under ten responses?)
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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2017, 04:58:11 PM »


http://www.nrm.org.uk/
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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2017, 05:03:14 PM »

http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london

Went earlier this month, the VC/George Cross exhibtion and the one about the Holocaust were fascinating/horrifying in equal measures. Standing next to one of the orginal casings for the nukes dropped on Japan was very sobering.
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2017, 05:07:44 PM »

I really like the Tate Modern- the exhibits are pretty awful but the building itself is tremendous.
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2017, 05:24:28 PM »


http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford
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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2017, 05:54:21 PM »

All very good. Imperial war and duxford certainly favourites. Tate modern , the entrance is spectacular the contents? Give me the national gallery or the portrait gallery
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« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2017, 06:14:19 PM »

All very good. Imperial war and duxford certainly favourites. Tate modern , the entrance is spectacular the contents? Give me the national gallery or the portrait gallery

Tate Modern is way more fun than most art galleries.  That and the National History Museum are my two favourites in London. 

Not sure how you choose a park.  Hyde Park is great, used to enjoy Battersea and Dulwich.  Hampstead Heath feels on top of the World.  Richmond Park is so big, I only ever see small bits.  I can't think of a big London one I didn't like.  I got dragged to Buckingham Palace at the weekend.  Her garden would make a lovely park. 

How far can we go from London? 


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« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2017, 06:24:19 PM »

UK wide is fine. The less well known, hidden gems etc, the better. For example anyone been to the horniman? There is also an offshoot of the national history in thing. Highest puffiest building stuffed (no pun intended) with curiosities
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« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2017, 06:49:37 PM »

I have been to the Horniman and thought it a bit meh. Certainly preferred the British Maritime Museum.
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« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2017, 07:12:13 PM »

Don't know if you like tanks, but this is up the road from me http://tankmuseum.org/home

Not been here since I was at school, but we have the county museum in town http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/
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« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2017, 07:19:22 PM »

The Potteries museum.

Obviously lots of ceramic collections given the Cities pottery heritage. Also a complete Spitfire plane and the most recent big find, the Staffordshire hoard. Plus much more.  http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/visit/pmag/
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« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2017, 07:39:02 PM »

http://www.transport-museum.com/

Excellent if you're a petrolhead, into classic cars etc.
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« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2017, 08:19:45 PM »

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/

Took the boys here today. Spent a very pleasant couple of hours, particularly in the Bug House.

I could look at sparkly rocks and all things geological for hours but for eager minds of 6 and 8 years old boys, they cannot compete with the dinosaurs and Space section.
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« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2017, 08:57:15 PM »

UK wide is fine. The less well known, hidden gems etc, the better. For example anyone been to the horniman? There is also an offshoot of the national history in thing. Highest puffiest building stuffed (no pun intended) with curiosities

Stuffed is the word for the Tring museum you mention - quite fascinating from the perspective of seeing how these collections were put together by rich benefactors in the dim and distant (Rothschild in this case).

Won't be true I guess but looks like it hasn't changed in several generations. Still worth a visit with a few other local things perhaps - Waddesdon House is quite nice (another Rothschild project as is the village itself) depending on what they have on, and is pretty close to Tring
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« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2017, 06:29:42 AM »

The Wellcome museum near Kings Cross is pretty interesting; we went to see it when they had an exhibition on criminal forensics and I think that's the key - pick an exhibition there which sounds interesting and add a look round their permanent displays while you're at it.
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