点评:We live locally and have been to the Museum many times. It is one of our daughter's favourite places to visit.
This time we went for the Mission Christmas event, which was fantastic - lots of crafts; animals to pet - our daughter practised her shepherding skills by walking a sheep! A trail to follow and of course a visit to see Father and Mrs Christmas - both were brilliant, really engaging with the children as were all of the elf helpers throughout the museum.
We found time to squeeze in a visit to the mining gallery and our daughter and her cousin played in the mine lift and tunnel, which is their favourite part of the museum.
It is an absolute travesty that the council are thinking of closing the Museum down. It is full of so many interesting exhibits about local and mining history, it hosts community groups and regular exhibitions and runs events like the one we attended all year round, making great use of the connection to the countryside on Hednesford Hills too.
The staff are wonderful, without exception, friendly and engaging. I hope the local community and staff are successful in fighting these plans and showing the council's bean-counters that not everything can be measured in pounds and pence - the heritage, education, nature and community contribution that the Museum makes is worth far more than it costs to run.
翻译:我们住在当地,去过博物馆很多次。这是我们女儿最喜欢去的地方之一。
这次我们参加了 Mission Christmas 活动,非常棒 - 有很多工艺品;可以抚摸的动物 - 我们的女儿通过遛羊练习了她的牧羊技能!沿着小径走,当然还要拜访圣诞老人和圣诞夫人 - 他们都很出色,与孩子们相处得很融洽,博物馆里所有的精灵助手也是如此。
我们抽出时间参观了采矿画廊,我们的女儿和她的表弟在矿井升降机和隧道里玩耍,这是他们最喜欢的博物馆部分。
议会正在考虑关闭博物馆,这真是太可笑了。它充满了许多关于当地和采矿历史的有趣展品,它全年举办社区团体和定期展览,并举办像我们参加的那种活动,充分利用了与 Hednesford Hills 乡村的联系。
工作人员都很棒,无一例外,友好而热情。我希望当地社区和工作人员能够成功反对这些计划,并向议会的会计师们表明,并非所有东西都可以用英镑和便士来衡量——博物馆对文化遗产、教育、自然和社区的贡献远远超过其运营成本。