点评:The admission fee was a really good price, we opted for the passport to support the mine. We booked onto a tour before we arrived. The car park is well adapted for disabled patrons, wheelchair access throughout the mine with the exception of the winding room. There are cobbled areas outside so it can be a bit tricky for wheelchairs.
We had a warm welcome, all the staff there are amazing people! We used the lifts which have mirrors placed to help wheelchair users reverse safely out of the lift to get to the tour.
Tour guide Ally was a delight. Engaging, knowledgable, cheeky and really great at shepherding a varied group of folk through the inner workings of the amazing building. From demonstrating lamps, explaining technical workings and giving us wee stories from the miners lives, he really brought life into the exhibits around us. He was really great at making sure my wheelchair using hubby could see exhibits and also wasn’t too far behind. The wheelchair access around the tour as mentioned before was really good.
We decided to break for lunch as the tour flew by (it was around and hour and a half but we could have listened to Ally talk all day!) there were a couple of issues in the kitchen due to renovations, but the staff were amazing and handled everything really well. They deserve special recognition for still providing gold star customer service when building work was going on and the kitchen was affected. Really tasty soup, sandwiches and cakes with a fantastic choice. Dining area was really pleasant and comfy to sit in and my family and I enjoyed a game of Jenga from the box of books and toys provided.
After lunch we walked round the other exhibitions, all were well laid out, signage was informative, easy to read and engaging. Displays were fantastic and the mannequins were pretty entertaining! There were some intricate and amazing moving models as well as photos of the miners at work and at home. The amount of carefully curated items and displays was impressive. We also had fun spotting the cats craftily hidden amongst the displays.
We also checked out the art exhibition and then ended our trip in the interactive room where we built arches, learned about air pressure, fossils, hydraulics and cogs in the most fun ways!
All in all we spent over 5 hours exploring.
I’d like to say a massive thank you to the staff there today, they really made the visit extra special. They were all friendly, kind and gave fantastic customer service. They’re a great team. They made our wedding anniversary awesome. They made our day awesome!
One thing I’d like to see is a bit more variety in the gift shop. As it was quite high end merchandise (tartan bags, pottery, whisky merch and books on mining) it would have been nice to see some items representing the museum itself. Some postcards of machinery, magnets or pencils. A fab idea would be little trinkets made of compressed coal dust. It would be nice to have a memento of the actual place.
All in all a great museum, filled with interesting exhibits and stories, run by a fantastic staff team.
翻译:门票价格相当实惠,我们还购买了通行证以支持这座矿井。我们在出发前就预约了游览服务。停车场对残障人士十分友好;除绞车房外,整个矿井内都设有轮椅通道。不过室外有一些铺着鹅卵石的区域,对轮椅来说可能不太容易通行。
我们受到了热情的接待,这里的所有工作人员都超棒的!我们乘坐了那些装有镜子的电梯,这样轮椅使用者就能安全地倒车离开电梯,从而开始参观。
导游艾利真是出色至极。他风趣幽默、知识渊博,还很会调动气氛。他成功地带领来自不同背景的游客们了解了这座奇妙建筑的内部构造。无论是演示灯具的使用、讲解各种技术原理,还是讲述矿工们的生活趣事,他都让周围的展品变得鲜活起来。他真的很棒,确保坐着轮椅的我丈夫能够看清展品,同时也不会落后太多。正如之前提到的,游览路线上的无障碍设施也相当完善。
由于整个参观过程转瞬即逝(大约一个半小时,不过我们其实可以听艾莉讲上一整天!),我们决定中途休息吃午饭。由于厨房正在翻修,出现了一些小问题,但工作人员表现得非常出色,妥善地处理了一切。尽管当时正在进行施工且厨房也受到了影响,但他们依然提供了出色的客户服务,这种表现值得特别赞扬。这里的汤、三明治和蛋糕都十分美味,选择也相当丰富。用餐区环境宜人且舒适,我和家人还利用店里提供的书籍和玩具玩了一局叠叠乐。
午餐后,我们参观了其他各个展览。所有展览的布局都井然有序,指示牌信息详尽、清晰易读且富有吸引力。展览非常精彩,那些人体模型也相当有趣!现场有一些设计精妙且能动的模型,还有矿工们在工作和生活中的照片。精心挑选并陈列的物品数量之多令人印象深刻。我们还乐此不疲地寻找那些巧妙地藏在各个展品中的小猫。
我们还参观了艺术展览,最后在互动体验区结束了此次行程——在那里我们搭建了拱门,还了解了气压和化石的相关知识。以最有趣的方式体验液压原理与齿轮运作吧!
总的来说,我们花了5个多小时来探索。
我要衷心感谢今天在那里工作的工作人员,他们真的让我们的参观体验格外特别。他们都非常友善、亲切,提供了卓越的客户服务。他们真是一支优秀的团队。他们让我们的结婚纪念日变得超棒,让我们的这一天变得无比美好!
有一点我希望能改进的,就是礼品店里的商品种类能再丰富一些。目前出售的都是比较高档的商品(格子纹袋子、陶器……虽然有威士忌相关商品以及关于采矿的书籍,但要是能有一些能体现博物馆自身特色的物品就更好了——比如展示各种机械的明信片、磁铁或铅笔。一个绝妙的主意是用压缩煤粉制作小纪念品。能拥有一个能代表这个地方的纪念品肯定很不错。
总的来说,这是一座很棒的博物馆,陈列着许多有趣的展品与故事,工作人员也极为出色。