点评:The Hollytrees museum is located close to Colchester castle on the edge of Castle Park.
It is around a third of a mile from Colchester Town station on foot and the main station is a mile and a quarter away.
The museum is housed in a fine old Georgian building over several floors.
There’s a fine collection of old clocks in the Bernard Mason clock gallery. Colchester was renowned for clockmaking in years gone by.
I liked the paintings by 19th century local artist John Vines and the rooms containing old toys, costumes and household appliances.
The main exhibit, however, was the skeleton of a dinosaur unearthed in Wyoming called Juliasaurus.
Whilst the exhibits were decent, there was not enough content in the museum. I spent barely twenty minutes there and saw everything comfortably.
I don’t begrudge the £6 admission fee as museums like this require funds, but most other museums have considerably more exhibits and charge less.
The museum is closed on Sunday.
翻译:霍利特里斯博物馆位于科尔切斯特城堡附近,毗邻城堡公园。
从科尔切斯特镇火车站步行约三分之一英里即可到达,而主火车站则在一英里四分之一处。
博物馆坐落在一栋精美的乔治亚风格老建筑内,共有数层。
伯纳德·梅森钟表展厅收藏了大量精美的古董钟表。科尔切斯特在过去曾以钟表制造而闻名。
我喜欢19世纪当地艺术家约翰·维恩斯的画作,以及陈列着旧玩具、服装和家用电器的展厅。
然而,最主要的展品是在怀俄明州出土的一具名为“朱利亚龙”的恐龙骨架。
虽然展品还不错,但博物馆的内容略显不足。我只待了不到二十分钟就轻松地看完了所有展品。
我不觉得6英镑的门票有什么不妥,因为像这样的博物馆需要资金,但大多数其他博物馆的展品更多,门票却更低。
博物馆周日闭馆。