点评:The Dunkirk Museum 1940 is set up like a timeline that you walk through. It takes you through the events at that time, and offers a thorough view of the war from a French perspective. I am not European, and I walked away feeling some of the content wasn't as accurate as it should be. If this was the first time I had heard about the Battle in Dunkirk, I'd have thought the French had done it all (with very little assistance). But I guess everyone has their own story to tell.
Entry cost €20 for two adults and three children (13 years + cost €5 for entry). Children under 12 are free to enter, but I think all children should be free because this museum is geared to adults.
The set up has you walk around reading posters (or use the QR code on your smartphone which reads the content to you). I thought the QR code was a good option, but the audio takes 3 times as long than just reading it in your head.
The description about the museum states that the visit starts with a short archive movie. That is not the case, it’s in the next room, with a couple chairs (not enough for the amount of people) and it wasn’t a movie. But a short film, possibly 6 minutes.
My children walked around and looked at the displays and were done very quickly. One of them loves history but did not connect with what was on offer, which is a real shame because history is important.
Would I recommend you take your children here? No. Not unless your child has a keen interest in the world wars, and is happy to stand around reading posters for a few hours. There's nothing to do at the museum so you can't take a break, grab a snack and then return to your self guided Dunkirk museum experience.
The customer rep who served us never offered information about a guided walk, which I read about later. So I can't comment on it, but I did wonder if that would have been a better option. I guess it would come down to the guide. The customer rep also didn't mention the booklets children use to go on a "treasure hunt" to find various pieces around the museum. My 8 year old found that herself (it was hung on a wall), and completed it. It was a non-event as she literally had to find the objects (6-8) and that was it. What was the point?
Trip Adviser list this museum as the number 1 (of 52) rated thing to do in Dunkirk, and unfortunately, that's because there's very little to do in Dunkirk. Number 2 is going to the beach, which is free and sadly compared to beaches around the world it is not a very nice beach.
翻译:“1940年敦刻尔克博物馆”的布局宛如一条时间线,参观者沿着这条线前行即可。它带领人们重温当时的种种事件,并从法国的视角全面呈现了这场战争。我并非欧洲人,参观完后我觉得部分内容并不像应有的那样准确。如果我此前从未听说过敦刻尔克战役,很可能会认为全是法国人独自完成的(而且几乎没有得到什么援助)。不过我想,每个国家都有属于自己的历史叙述吧。入场费为20欧元,适用于两名成人及三名儿童(13岁以上的儿童需额外支付5欧元)。12岁以下的儿童可免费入场,不过我认为所有儿童都应免费,毕竟这座博物馆主要是为成年人设计的。
参观时需四处走动并阅读展板上的说明(也可用智能手机扫描二维码,让语音为您朗读内容)。我觉得使用二维码是个不错的选择,但播放音频所需的时间却是单纯阅读文字内容的三倍。博物馆的介绍里说,参观流程是从观看一段简短的档案影片开始。但实际情况并非如此:影片其实在隔壁房间播放,那里只有几把椅子(数量远不够容纳所有参观者),而且那也不是什么电影,只是一部时长约6分钟的短片罢了。
我的孩子们四处逛了逛,看了看展品,很快就看完了。他们当中有一个很喜欢历史,但这次的展览内容没能引起他的兴趣,这真可惜,因为历史非常重要。我会建议带孩子来这里吗?不会。除非您的孩子对两次世界大战有浓厚兴趣,并且乐意花几个小时站在那里阅读海报。博物馆里没什么可做的,因此您无法稍作休息、吃点东西,然后再继续自助参观敦刻尔克博物馆。
为我们服务的客服人员从未提及后来我才了解到的导览服务,所以我无法对此发表评论。不过我确实在想那样做会不会是更好的选择。我想这最终还是得看导游的表现吧。客服人员也并未提及那些供孩子们用来进行“寻宝游戏”的小册子——孩子们需要根据这些提示在博物馆里找到各种物品。我8岁的女儿自己发现了那本小册子(它被挂在墙上),并完成了任务。不过整个过程相当无趣,因为她只需要找到那6到8件物品罢了。这有什么意义呢?
Trip Adviser将这家博物馆列为敦刻尔克地区52个景点中评分最高的第一名。可惜的是,这是因为敦刻尔克没什么可做的。第二件事就是去海滩,虽然去海滩是免费的,但遗憾的是,与世界各地的海滩相比,那里的海滩并不怎么好。