点评:$50 to see instruments and costumes is not worth it. Very underwhelming and the museum itself is poorly laid out. Random stairs, escalators, no signage to tell you which way to go all means you end up doubling back on yourself. There is construction going on but nothing that appears that it will do anything about the bad traffic flow and inconsistent floor plans. There is a very old and dated timeline of the history of rock and roll that was hardly informative and barely offered anything educational or enlightening.
The largest permanent collections for the most influential early musicians (Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones) was barely more than a couple of paragraphs saying who they were (which if you didn’t know was better than nothing but I assume most visitors will know the bare minimum already) and then maybe 10-15 artifacts per grouping. Very disappointing.
There were some fun interactive bits like the “make your own band sticker” area or the 3 (though one was broken down during my visit) free pinball machines of rock artists you can play or the free instrument jam area, but I went later on a weeknight and I assume these small areas get very busy and hard to access during crowded days.
Fun to stroll through but not at all worth $50. Maybe $25.
翻译:花50美元来参观乐器和服装展示并不值得。内容相当乏味,博物馆的布局也很糟糕。到处都是随意设置的楼梯和自动扶梯,也没有任何指示牌指引方向,结果就是游客不得不原路折返。虽然目前正在进行施工,但看不出这些工程能改善糟糕的人流走向或不合理的平面布局。有一个关于摇滚乐历史的年表,年代极为久远且内容过时,几乎没有任何信息价值,也谈不上有什么教育意义或启发性。
对于那些最具影响力的早期音乐家(埃尔维斯·普雷斯利、披头士乐队、滚石乐队),博物馆里最多的也只不过是寥寥几段介绍他们生平的文字而已(如果你对他们一无所知,这些文字虽聊胜于无,但我想大多数参观者起码也知道些 basics)。此外,每个艺术家或乐队类别下也仅有10到15件展品而已。非常令人失望。
虽然有一些有趣的互动环节,比如“制作专属乐队贴纸”区,还有3台(不过我去的时候有一台坏了)可供游玩的摇滚乐手主题弹珠台,以及免费的乐器演奏区,但我是在工作日的晚上去的,估计这些小区域在人多的日子里会变得极其拥挤且难以进入。
逛一逛倒也挺有趣的,但绝对不值50美元。25美元或许还差不多。