点评:As a family (with an almost 6 and almost 3 year old) we have joined fossils galore for an organised fossil hunting trip which we found to be well organised and a fun family activity for both the adults and children.
We have been awaiting an opportunity to visit the museum in March for our fossil obsessed 6 year old, although this is not particularly local to us. I follow fossils galore on facebook and saw the "collectors day" advertised with the opportunity to book a free table to showcase your own collection. My 6 year old was keen to take his collection to show so I enquired by email and received prompt and clear communication back about the set up and organisation of the day.
My son thoroughly enjoyed showing his collection at the museum and showing his finds. In between visitors he enjoyed looking round the many items in the shop and selecting some fossil related gifts for his like-minded friends birthdays. He and his younger brother also enjoyed visiting the museum and doing some of the activities on offer.
The staff were very encouraging of my son and happy to discuss his collection and show interest and answer my son's questions too. Jamie very kindly gave me som a couple more fossils to add to his collection which was a very kind gesture.
My son is keen to visit the museum again and would certainly like to showcase his collection there again in the future if the opportunity arose. I am sure he would be a keen volunteer in the future if only we lived a little closer. It was lovely to see the volunteers who clearly get on well and enjoy working at fossil galore with what appeared to be ex-volunteers/staff also popping in for a social visit.
We will also definitely be joining on future fossil hunting trips as our son's hobby has certainly rubbed off on us all!
Thanks again to Jamie, Sarah and the team for making us welcome for 3 hours this morning.
翻译:我们一家人(一个快6岁,一个快3岁)参加了fossils galore的化石寻宝之旅。我们发现这次活动组织得井井有条,对大人和孩子来说都是一次有趣的家庭活动。
我们一直期待着三月份能带上我们6岁痴迷化石的孩子去博物馆参观,虽然博物馆离我们家并不近。我在Facebook上关注了fossils galore,看到“收藏家日”的广告,有机会预订免费展位来展示自己的藏品。我6岁的孩子很想带他的藏品去展览,于是我通过电子邮件咨询,并迅速收到了关于当天活动安排和组织的清晰回复。
我的儿子非常喜欢在博物馆展示他的藏品和发现。在参观的间隙,他喜欢浏览商店里的众多展品,并为志同道合的朋友挑选一些与化石相关的生日礼物。他和他的弟弟也很喜欢参观博物馆,并参与了一些博物馆提供的活动。
工作人员非常鼓励我儿子,很乐意讨论他的收藏,表现出兴趣,并解答他的疑问。杰米非常友善地给了我一些化石,让他加入收藏,这真是太贴心了。
我儿子很想再次参观博物馆,如果有机会,他肯定愿意在未来再次展示他的藏品。我相信,如果我们住得近一点,他将来一定会成为一名热心的志愿者。很高兴看到志愿者们相处融洽,享受在化石博物馆的工作,还有一些看起来像是以前的志愿者/工作人员的人也来参加社交访问。
我们以后也一定会参加以后的化石狩猎之旅,因为我们儿子的爱好确实感染了我们所有人!
再次感谢杰米、莎拉和团队今天上午热情地接待了我们三个小时。