点评:While visiting family in Lumberton, we went to Galveston for a day on our way to Houston. We visited the Galveston Naval Museum. Upon arrival, we had to pay-to-park, which I thought was weird, especially since you’ve got to pay an entrance fee, as well! On the flip side, it wasn’t very busy that day, so wasn’t difficult to find parking!
It was very interesting to explore the WWII USS Cavalla Submarine & the Destroyer escort USS Stewart. With few visitors on site while we were, we made it through both vessels quickly, even taking numerous photos!
A couple of notable issues include the fact that the museum was undergoing renovation and the only restrooms were ‘FRU-FRY’ port-o-lets at the absolute end of the tour, adjacent to the gift store.
The gift store was a small one-room (10x10) air-conditioned building, (picture a portable storage unit) that had very few mediocre Knick-knacks to choose from (stickers, toys, post cards (who collects post cards anymore???) The choices in the gift store insinuate that children would enjoy the museum. The current generation of individuals is most definitely NOT interested in military armamentarium.
翻译:在拉姆伯顿探望家人后,我们在前往休斯敦的途中顺道去了加尔维斯顿一日游。我们参观了加尔维斯顿海军博物馆。刚到那里,我们就得支付停车费,我觉得这挺奇怪的,毕竟还要另付入场费呢!不过,那天游客不多,所以找停车位也并不困难!
能参观二战时期的USS Cavalla潜艇以及护航驱逐舰USS Stewart真是非常有趣。我们参观时,馆内几乎没什么其他游客。我们迅速游览完了两艘船,甚至还拍了很多照片!
有几个需要注意的问题:博物馆当时正在翻修,而整个参观路线尽头、礼品店旁边只有几间临时搭建的移动厕所,也就是所谓的“FRU-FRY”移动厕所。
礼品店其实就是一间10乘10英尺大小、装有空调的单房间建筑(想象一下那种可移动的储物间),里面的商品选择极少,而且都是些质量一般的小玩意儿(贴纸、玩具等等)。明信片(现在还有谁会收集明信片呢???)礼品店里的商品似乎在暗示:孩子们会喜欢这座博物馆。而当今这一代人绝对对军事装备毫无兴趣。