点评:As much as it pains me to post a negative review (something I hardly ever do), I feel it would be disingenuous to do anything else. Not a good experience today at all.
We were vacationing in Ocean City and needed a break from the beach and traditional touristy activities. As great admirers of Harriet Tubman, my wife and I decided to visit the museum and were particularly excited to have a guided walking tour. I booked our tour online and we drove an hour and a half to Cambridge. As we pulled into the parking lot, the tour guide called and left a message saying she wasn’t available. Apparently she had told the museum not to schedule tours for today, but their system had done so anyway.
We went into the museum, trying to make the best of a frustrating situation. It was very limited and amateurish. That is not being critical, as it appears to be seriously underfunded, and operated by volunteers. Just stating what we saw for others to be aware. it was basically a collection of printed materials with little, if any, original items unique to Harriet Tubman‘s lifetime.
The museum director never greeted us. There were four or five people sitting and watching a PBS documentary. A couple of other groups walked in, looked around and then left. None of them were greeted either. Finally, I went up to the register and he asked if he could help me. I explained what it happened, and he chuckled, saying “Yeah, this happens sometimes. I guess the person who set up the system needs to fix that.” He gave me $40 out of the cash register and that was it. No apologies or anything.
After we left the museum, I texted the tour guide that he’d refunded our money only to find out that she had also done so online. We had to go back to the museum to give the $40 back.
Total waste of a day of vacation.
Again, I hate to be the grumpy guy leaving a bad review, but hopefully this will be helpful to someone somehow.
翻译:虽然发表负面评论让我很痛苦(我几乎从不这样做),但我觉得做其他事情都是不诚实的。今天的体验一点也不好。
我们在海洋城度假,需要从海滩和传统的旅游活动中休息一下。作为哈丽特·塔布曼的崇拜者,我和我的妻子决定参观博物馆,并特别兴奋地参加了一次有导游陪同的徒步旅行。我在网上预订了我们的旅行,我们开车一个半小时到达剑桥。当我们驶入停车场时,导游打电话留言说她没空。显然她告诉博物馆不要安排今天的旅行,但他们的系统还是安排了。
我们走进博物馆,试图在令人沮丧的情况下做到最好。它非常有限,而且很业余。这并不是在批评,因为它似乎严重资金不足,而且是由志愿者运营的。只是陈述我们看到的情况,让其他人知道。它基本上就是一些印刷材料的集合,几乎没有任何与哈丽特·塔布曼一生独有的原创物品。
博物馆馆长从来没有迎接我们。有四五个人坐着看 PBS 纪录片。其他几组人走了进来,环顾四周然后离开。他们也没有受到欢迎。最后,我走到收银台,他问我是否能帮我。我解释了发生了什么事,他笑着说:“是的,这种情况有时会发生。我想设置系统的人需要解决这个问题。”他从收银机里拿出 40 美元给我,就这样。没有道歉或任何事情。
我们离开博物馆后,我给导游发短信说他已经退还了我们的钱,却发现她也在网上退了钱。我们不得不回到博物馆退还 40 美元。
完全浪费了一天的假期。
再说一次,我不想成为留下差评的脾气暴躁的人,但希望这能对某人有所帮助。