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Colchester Natural History Museum

Description: The Natural History Museum gives a hands on perspective of the local environment. The Natural History Museum is ... more

Colchester Natural History Museum ... situated opposite the main gates to the Castle Park at the eastern end of the High St. The nearest car parks are St. Botolph's, Britannia and O

Newest Review: ... Essex's natural history just isn't very interesting at all, or the people who have designed the exhibits here haven't exactly gone out of their way to make it so. You'll notice an over-riding theme of dead birds and small animals, stuffed, preserved and shoved behind glass, but aside from that and a few fossils thats all there is to see. Its interesting to see how a glance ... more

... over the associated website makes it look all very glossy and exciting because once inside its anything but. The exhibits all look a little worse for wear, the fox is the most mangy moth-eaten creature I've seen on show for example and some of the exhi...more

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Colchester Natural History Museum: House Of The Dead - Interactive Tour For All The Family (1560 words)
by - written on 23/04/02 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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I have to be perfectly honest here and say that I hadn't exactly planned a trip to the Colchester Natural History museum but rather it was through 'divine intervention' that I ended up taking a nosey about the place. In other words, I was out shopping and had taken the scenic route past the castle to get to a litte new age shop down one of the numerous side streets and it had started thrashing down with rain. I would also admit to having no clue of this place's existence before the heavens did indeed open up and force me to look for immediate shelter, in fact, I had previously thought that this was a church of some kind and shunned it like I tend to shun ... Read the complete review

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