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Edinburgh Museum of Childhood

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Newest Review: ... much more child friendly (such as lowering cases so that children could see into them and providing hands-on activities). Your arrival at the museum sees you stepping first of all into the shop ? yes, this could be seen as slightly commercialistic I know, but you can hardly blame them when the have become one of an increasing number of museums to be ?persuaded? to offer free entry. ... more

... (I personally don?t believe that such a concession achieves anything in getting non-museum visitors through the door or encouraging ?socially excluded? people into museums. It just robs already cash-strapped institutions of a valuable source of ...more

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Edinburgh Museum of Childhood: The Noisiest Museum In The World (2026 words)
by - written on 19/03/04 (Very useful, 179 readings)
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Once called ?the noisiest museum in the world?, the Museum of Childhood is probably one of Edinburgh?s most popular cultural attractions if visitor figures are anything to go by ? which is not bad going for a city so crammed full of museums as galleries as Edinburgh is. I happened to be at the museum in late January doing some research, and rather enjoyed my visit there. Granted, I was not your average visitor in this sense, but by now I probably know more about the museum than you would ever want to read! The Museum of Childhood claims to be the oldest museum of its kind in the world. I say ?claims? ... Read the complete review

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