点评:From the UK, we had no knowledge of Wilmington’s role in the history of railroads in the US. We are not railroad geeks, we stumbled across this museum and spent a delightful few hours there. The price is low and the scale manageable for the casual visitor. A small cinema room offers a selection of perfectly pitched videos - explaining various aspects of the railroads. Among them, the clearest explanation I have ever encountered of how a steam engine actually works, and a fascinating piece on the caboose. The exhibits were well curated, grouped to explore different aspects of railroad history - including women workers, unions, Pullman travel etc. then in the final room an enormous and frankly thrilling model railway, with lots of buttons to press. So much better than any computer game. We left informed, educated and thoroughly entertained.
翻译:我们来自英国,对威尔明顿在美国铁路史上所扮演的角色一无所知。我们不是铁路迷,我们偶然发现了这个博物馆,并在那里度过了愉快的几个小时。价格低廉,普通游客也可以承受。一个小型电影室提供了一系列完美的视频 - 解释了铁路的各个方面。其中,我听到的关于蒸汽机实际工作原理的最清晰的解释,以及一段关于守车的迷人片段。展品策划得很好,分组探索铁路历史的不同方面 - 包括女工、工会、普尔曼旅行等。然后在最后一个房间里,一个巨大的、坦率地说令人兴奋不已的模型铁路,有很多按钮可以按。比任何电脑游戏都要好得多。我们离开时了解了信息,受了教育,并且玩得很开心。