点评:We have had this place on our bucket list for sometime and finally made the trip. We left not really sure what we thought of the museum.
First impressions are that it’s extremely overwhelming and claustrophobic - there is stuff everywhere. Some interesting, some not so much. Varies from pretty tame stuff to the absolute extreme (photos of beheadings and FGM which made me feel a bit sick)
As we went along through, the information became less about crime and a lot more about sex and topless women. Think page 3 and playboy.
The upstairs is a let down, it’s literally just full of old newspaper articles, mainly to do with sex. It’s bizarre. I’m not a prude but I was getting a bit fed up of seeing topless women at every turn.
We were hoping for more on true crime. The museum could easily have a cell dedicated to the British “best” of true crime. The Moors Murderers, Myra & Ian could easily fill a cell - why is Myra’s clothes with Linda Calvey?! Fred and Rose West - they could have a cell for just their crimes, especially when they are from 30 mins away.
A cell dedicated to Charlie Bronson would have been good. The Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, again needs a full cell not just odd bits of newspaper clippings about him. Nothing on Robert Maudsley that we could see. We have enough of our own sickos to fill the museum rather than Daily Sport and The Sun cut-outs!
This museum has the potential to be amazing. There is no need for half a dozen topless signed photos of Jodie Marsh, get rid of all that. And expand on actual true crime. Ok, have a weird and wonderful section with the taxidermy animals, Victorian sex toys etc…
I’d recommend people to go but we wouldn’t return. We spent about 2 hours 30 mins which was plentiful really.
翻译:我们把这个地方列入愿望清单已经有一段时间了,终于还是去了。离开时,我们真的不确定对这个博物馆有什么看法。
第一印象是它极其压抑,让人感到幽闭恐惧——到处都是东西。有些有趣,有些则不然。内容从相当平淡到极端(斩首和女性生殖器切割的照片让我感到有点恶心)。
随着我们继续参观,关于犯罪的信息越来越少,关于性和裸露上身的女人越来越多。想想《花花公子》杂志的第三版。
楼上令人失望,里面全是旧报纸文章,主要都是关于性的。这太奇怪了。我不是一个拘谨的人,但我对到处看到裸露上身的女人感到有点厌倦了。
我们希望能看到更多关于真实犯罪的内容。博物馆完全可以设立一个专门的展室,专门展示英国“最佳”真实犯罪作品。荒原杀人犯迈拉和伊恩很容易就能塞满一间牢房——为什么迈拉的衣服会和琳达·卡尔维的衣服放在一起?!弗雷德和罗斯·韦斯特——他们完全可以单独关押一个专门负责他们犯罪的牢房,尤其是他们离这里只有30分钟的车程。
专门为查理·布朗森设立一个牢房就好了。约克郡开膛手彼得·萨特克利夫也需要一间完整的牢房,而不是只关押一些关于他的零星剪报。我们看不到任何关于罗伯特·莫兹利的报道。我们自己的变态已经够多的了,比《每日体育报》和《太阳报》的剪报还要多!
这个博物馆有潜力成为令人惊叹的博物馆。没必要再放上几张朱迪·马什的裸照,把这些都删掉吧。把真正的犯罪内容扩展到其他方面。好吧,可以加一个怪异而精彩的展区,比如动物标本、维多利亚时代的性玩具等等……
我会推荐大家去看看,但我们不会再去了。我们花了大约2小时30分钟,时间真的足够了。