点评:Bishop Auckland is honestly amazing and the Auckland Project is at the heart of that. I remember BA as a desperately depressed former mining town in the early noughties - so heartening to see it putting itself on the map now with four incredible museums, not to mention a great café and restaurant.
Auckland Palace is beautiful and fascinating, not just as a way to understand the might of the Prince Bishops, but to get a sense of some strong characters in history - abolitionists, advocates, mediators, anti-appeasers... and Spitting Image icons. Amazing guides, so interesting and well-informed and passionate. The Zurbarán portraits (Jacob and his Twelve Sons) are absolutely magnificent in real life and so worth seeing.
The Spanish Gallery is a gem - currently open for tours morning and afternoon, some places bookable online and some for walk-ins. We'd visited before but learned even more with an excellent, knowledgeable guide.
I didn't have a chance to visit the Mining Art Gallery or Faith Museum, but my OH was impressed (and the Faith Museum is a beautiful contemporary building too).
We had a great family supper at El Castillo, the tapas bar-restaurant attached to the Spanish Gallery - classic tapas and fantastic fresh produce from the palace's walled garden. Glad to see it among the Guardian's top museum and gallery restaurants - deservedly!
翻译:主教奥克兰真的很棒,而奥克兰项目正是其核心所在。我记得在21世纪初,奥克兰曾是一个极度萧条的前矿业小镇——如今,看到它凭借四座令人惊叹的博物馆、以及一家很棒的咖啡馆和餐厅,名声大噪,我感到无比欣慰。
奥克兰宫美丽而迷人,不仅能让我们了解王子主教们的威力,还能让我们了解一些历史上的杰出人物——废奴主义者、倡导者、调解员、反绥靖主义者……以及形形色色的人物。导游很棒,风趣幽默,知识渊博,充满热情。苏巴朗的肖像画(雅各布和他的十二个儿子)在现实生活中绝对气势恢宏,值得一看。
西班牙画廊是一颗瑰宝——目前上午和下午开放参观,部分座位可在线预订,部分座位可直接入场。我们之前也去过,但在一位优秀且知识渊博的导游的带领下,我们学到了更多。
我没有机会参观矿业艺术画廊或费思博物馆,但我的丈夫(OH)留下了深刻的印象(费思博物馆也是一座美丽的当代建筑)。
我们在西班牙画廊旁的西班牙小吃酒吧餐厅El Castillo享用了一顿丰盛的家庭晚餐——经典的西班牙小吃和宫殿围墙花园里产的美味新鲜农产品。很高兴看到它跻身《卫报》最佳博物馆和画廊餐厅之列——实至名归!