点评:This is a review of the Lindisfarne Heritage Centre, which is what this site is for, not a general comment area about the whole of Lindisfarne
We tried to visit here on Sunday 8th June, twice, just after lunch and about 4pm. On both occasions the place was closed, with no signs of life.
The story put about is that because staff or volunteers don't all live on the island, they sometimes cannot make it because of the tide times and as a result the centre cannot open.
This is really a rather weak and lame excuse. Both English Heritage and the National Trust, as well as several commercial outlets on the island will have the same issue, but it doesn't lead to them closing their sites. I suspect that the trust that operates this facility doesn't exercise much supervision about how the centre is run and as a result the staff or volunteers can run it as they please. This is not acceptable. More staff/volunteers need to be recruited (so you are not dependant on one person) and some more hands-on management applied over how this place is run.
I am sure the centre is good and well laid out. We were so looking forward to having a look at the Lindisfarne Gospels on screen - yes we know that you can do this on the British Library website, but we were on the island. There were plenty of visitors to the island that day, and if nothing else, you will be missing out on their custom.
Very disappointing, but easily fixable.
翻译:这是对林迪斯法恩遗产中心的评论,这也是本网站的宗旨,并非针对整个林迪斯法恩的泛泛评论。
我们于6月8日星期日两次尝试前往这里,一次是午饭后,一次是下午4点左右。两次都关闭了,没有任何人烟。
传言说,由于工作人员或志愿者并非都住在岛上,有时他们会因为潮汐时间而无法前来,导致中心无法开放。
这真是一个站不住脚的借口。英国遗产委员会、国民托管组织以及岛上的一些商业机构都会遇到同样的问题,但这并不会让他们关闭自己的中心。我怀疑运营该设施的信托机构对中心的运营缺乏监督,导致工作人员或志愿者可以随心所欲地运营。这是不可接受的。需要招募更多的工作人员/志愿者(这样就不会只依赖一个人),并且需要对中心的运营进行更实际的管理。
我相信这个中心很不错,布局也很好。我们非常期待在屏幕上观看林迪斯法恩福音书——是的,我们知道你可以在大英图书馆的网站上观看,但我们当时在岛上。那天岛上有很多游客,就算没有其他事情,你也会错过他们的光顾。
非常令人失望,但很容易解决。