I have to agree with you I went there aged 12 and then again recently I hardly recognised the place most of the amazing artifacts gone to be replaced with so called interactive crap, like a glorified amusment arcade.
The only part left worth looking at was the aviation hall.
I was told by a staff member the only reason its been left alone is because its too difficult to remove the aircraft and that it was only a matter of time before that goes to.
Off coarse you have to encourage Children but I dont remember being bored there age 12 I spent all day and had to practically dragged out.
The changes in general in this country and in London in particular over the last 30 years are quite beyond belief. 😡
I visit the Science and Natural History museums two or three times a year with my pre-teen kids (both girls) and they still love it. Compared to the dry dull and dusty racks of fossils they used to contain (not just the exhibits:dev2:) when I was a kid, I think the way museums have developed in recent years is quite fantastic. Anything can be displayed, but as long as it is shown in an interesting way, people will come along to see. Kids must be encouraged to interact or they will stay at home on the Wii.
I am always struck by the fact that – when observing school trips to Dx – the kids seem to get more out of the playground by the cafe, than Hanger 2. But is that really surprising?
Oh, and what is wrong about having other languages spoken by the staff at museums? We live in a multi-cultural society, with – shock horror – foreign visitors to our museums. If it was OK to drop bombs on them when the planes were in service, why can’t we explain why and how they did it, now they are not?
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