Excellent museum of Arran life, history and geology.
Isle of Arran Heritage Museum的点评
点评:What an absolute gem of a museum. On a rainy day just off the ferry this was our first stop on Arran. Friendly and engaging staff with a quick introduction before we stared our tour.
The museum founded in 1976 by a group of local people to preserve the history and past life on the island is a little gem.
The main building was originally a school and houses a great little café. The buildings are all setup to reflect life as it was during the history of Arran each being a separate building or room. These were originally a farmhouse, croft, milking room, laundry, stable and many more. Each is set up to reflect artifacts from the past that were in daily use by the island community.
What was amazing as well was that a lot of the exhibits we could remember as children. There were items that our Greatgrand parents, Grandmothers and mothers used around the home or farm. Even the old bus ticket machines and telephones, it was really awesome. The school and Post Office similar to what we remembered from our home villages. The smithy also brought back memories of walking home from school and watching the Blacksmith shoeing horses. In a way you also felt a part.
There are excellent exhibits on the archaeology of the island dating from Neolithic to present day. A geology museum which reflects the role Arran played in the development of this science with the "father of modern Geology" James Hutton as he looked at the geology of the island.
A treasure trove of history not to be missed if you are on Arran well worth an hour or two to visit. Admission is not expensive and car parking is free. Run by volunteers who are eager to help or assist with information about the island, this is an excellent advertisement for Arran.
翻译:这座博物馆真是个瑰宝。下雨天,我们刚从渡轮下来,就到了这里,这是我们在阿伦岛的第一站。友好热情的工作人员在我们开始游览之前做了简短的介绍。
这座博物馆由一群当地人于1976年创建,旨在保存岛上的历史和过去的生活,堪称珍宝。
主楼最初是一所学校,里面有一个很棒的小咖啡馆。所有建筑的布置都反映了阿伦岛历史上的生活,每个建筑都是独立的建筑或房间。这些建筑最初是农舍、小农场、挤奶室、洗衣房、马厩等等。每个建筑的布置都反映了岛上居民日常生活中的历史文物。
同样令人惊叹的是,很多展品都勾起了我们儿时的回忆。里面有我们的曾祖父母、祖母和母亲在家里或农场里使用过的物品。甚至还有老式的公交车售票机和电话,真是太棒了。学校和邮局也和我们记忆中的家乡很相似。铁匠铺也勾起了你放学回家路上看着铁匠给马钉蹄铁的回忆。某种程度上,你也感觉自己身在其中。
这里有关于岛上考古学的精彩展览,涵盖了从新石器时代到现代的各个时期。还有一座地质博物馆,展现了阿伦岛在地质科学发展中所扮演的角色,以及“现代地质学之父”詹姆斯·赫顿对阿伦岛地质状况的观察。
如果您在阿伦岛,这是一个不容错过的历史宝库,值得花一两个小时来参观。门票价格不贵,停车免费。博物馆由热心的志愿者运营,他们乐于提供帮助,并提供有关该岛的信息,是宣传阿伦岛的绝佳途径。