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Favourite museum?

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I don't generally like museums much but there are a few that I did really enjoy.

My favourite is the Beamish living museum. I liked seeing all the old fashioned things and visiting the old fashioned shops (sweet shop, chip shop etc). Going on the old fashioned public transport was really fun and quite a lot of the museum was outside, so it wasn't crowded.

I also like the Black Country living museum and the Weald and Downland living museum for similar reasons. I used to love going to the zoo (if that counts as a sort of museum?) but I'm now unsure whether zoos are ethical.

The postal museum was also very cool, as I went through a phase of being fascinated by the postal service. They have an underground train tour you can do, which uses some of the old postal tunnels. It is a bit claustrophobic, but I was able to anticipate this in advance so it wasn't too bad. I probably wouldn't go back, but that's just because I avoid London.

I'm trying to plan a holiday, but don't want to travel too far or go away for very long, and thought a trip to a cool museum might be a good idea.

Do you have a favourite museum? What is it and why do you like it?

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  • Doagh Famine Village in Ballyliffin, Co Donegal, Ireland https://doaghfaminevillage.com  A small village museum which shows how life was for Irish people during the famine and afterwards in Ireland. It is located in a beautiful part of Ireland that has stunning beaches with miles of sand. The area rarely gets overly hot and it never gets crowded.

    The National Archaeological Museum of Naples https://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/en/ hascollections dating from prehistory to relatively recent times. It’s probably best known for housing many of the artefacts from Pompeii, Hurculaneum and other sites.

    The Archaeological Museum of Pithecusae https://www.pithecusae.it/en/ A small museum on the island of Ischia, Italy with artefacts dating back to the Neolithic. It’s best known for its evidence from the first Greek colonies in the western Mediterranean but it has interesting evidence of connections to the Arameans and Phoenicians dating to 8th century BCE.

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  • Doagh Famine Village in Ballyliffin, Co Donegal, Ireland https://doaghfaminevillage.com  A small village museum which shows how life was for Irish people during the famine and afterwards in Ireland. It is located in a beautiful part of Ireland that has stunning beaches with miles of sand. The area rarely gets overly hot and it never gets crowded.

    The National Archaeological Museum of Naples https://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/en/ hascollections dating from prehistory to relatively recent times. It’s probably best known for housing many of the artefacts from Pompeii, Hurculaneum and other sites.

    The Archaeological Museum of Pithecusae https://www.pithecusae.it/en/ A small museum on the island of Ischia, Italy with artefacts dating back to the Neolithic. It’s best known for its evidence from the first Greek colonies in the western Mediterranean but it has interesting evidence of connections to the Arameans and Phoenicians dating to 8th century BCE.

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