Completely opposite, I found the Manhattan Project B Reactor tour at Hanford, WA to be fascinating!
Others have mentioned fantastic museums ruined by crowds like the Louvre. We visited the Louvre at a quieter time and found it amazing (same with nearby Musée d’Orsay), but our trip to Versailles was both good and bad. The good: We arrived on a day the palace was closed. Darn. But we decided to get some wine, bread and have a picnic on the grounds. We spent many hours touring the gardens and grounds while it was deserted. Amazing. The bad: The next day we did the palace tour and you could basically lift your feet and have the crowd move you through. Would be neat to go through when it wasn’t so stinking packed.
How many visitors have I had in almost thirty years from other parts of the country, and who asked that I take them to this? Maybe half a dozen. It’s truly terrible, just a two-story open set of dioramas with ‘spooky’ music and narrative…a cathedral of sorts to tourist schlock.
I remember an old Jay Leno bit, from back in the days when the Atlanta Zoo had a reputation for being one of the worst zoos in the country. “It’s just dogs in cages!”
Lord, so many museums I’ve been in over my 73 years, they all tend to blur together…
Was in Southampton, England for a day (post-cruise) and visited the Tudor House and Garden because it sounded interesting…it wasn’t, poorly marked and little if any explanatory information and not all that much worth seeing (at least inside, outdoors was moderately interesting). OTOH, the Aviation Museum (now called for reasons beyond my ken Solent Sky) is a hidden treasure with multiple fascinating exhibits and, at least while I was there, a side-room firefighting display almost as interesting as the planes.
Ought to have a corresponding threat for ‘hidden treasure’ museums…
This very niche museum opened recently in my multi-city. I’ve actually heard that it’s quite an interesting place, so I should check it out. (It also has an event space, which may well be how it stays open.)
