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“I am visiting as many steam museums and sites as possible during a 3 week visit, and this has been a highlight.”
“The museum offers a great day out for all the family - with enthusiastic and knowledgeable engineers on hand to explain more about each engine; admission is by donation only, and there is free parking and a nice c...”
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“There should be more museums like this.”
“This is an excellent museum and well worth going along for a visit it is really interesting and is a lot bigger than it looks from the outside, it gives a lot of history and is good fun for both adults and childre...”
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“This museum is amazing, it is one of the best air museums I have been to, the added bonus is the cockpit tours.”
“I spent more time in this museum than I had spent in aircraft museums 10 times the size.”
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“Some of the bigger museums miss the local aspects Great bars to be enjoyed in Bury afterwards too Good attraction”
“I love museums that bring their exhibits out of their showcases and let you get up close, and the Fusilier museum is great at that.”
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“All the rooms are amazing in the museum and very hands-on so you can touch and try things.The volunteers are fantastic and their love for the place really comes across when you speak to them.”
“Clayton Hall house/museum”
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“Climate control exhibition brilliant Great family / adult activities too lovely shop and permanent exhibitions better information on Egyptology than main Cairo museums Easily accessible by bus/ bike/train/tram alt...”
“I love museums and have been to many, this ranks amongst the best!”
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“Good interactive areas for kids and unlike some museums there are several places to rest.”
“One of a small number of excellent museums in Stockport, this one features the hatting industry which once centred on this area.”
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“Before the start of our Regimental weekend we visited the Bury Transport Museum and all of us were pleasantly surprised and pleased at the high standard together with the informative knowledge gained.”
“It has the charm of a place run by volunteers and enthusiasts, but the professionalism of a well-laid out and informative museum - perfect!”
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“This little museum is really interesting, it has narrow boat history downstairs, with boats outside in the actual basin, loads of engineering artifacts to look round, hat makers, etc, all really well displayed, wi...”
“Excellent museum, well laid out and full of information about the history of the area.”
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“there favorite characters off tv ..little one's love to have there photo took with them !! check on line for attractions !! the Area is fabulous .. have a stroll over to the war museum that worth a visit !! and am...”
“Next to the Lowry Outlet Centre and within a short walk of the Imperial War Museum North this is a great place to go to catch a show in one of the three theatres, have a coffee or snack, shop for "Salford" souveni...”
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“There is a picture of Shakespeare by Ford Maddox Brown which is the envy of other museums as well as other famous painting which we see on postcards and books which we can see in real life.”
“We should be proud of heritage, having free museums and art galleries.”
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“Primarily this museum is a bus museums with 2 large halls full of various buses from different parts of Greater Manchester over a time period of nearly 100 years.”
“The admission price is good value, and if you visit on a Sunday there is plenty of free parking outside the museum, a well stocked shop is also open at the entrance, my son enjoyed it so much he's planning a retur...”
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“Unlike much larger museums and/or galleries, this museum is small enough to comfortably have a look around it without feeling the need to rush through exhibitions in order to cram it all in.”
“One of my favourite museums in the UK! Lots of hands on activities for kids too.”
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“Great lesson for other Museums....don't pander to whim, show people the good stuff.”
“My sister bought a reindeer decoration for my young nephew & there were plenty of other lovely items on sale.Staff throughout the museum etc are always friendly & helpful & we have often brought the foster childre...”
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“I am a big fan of military museums and love looking at old planes, tanks etc., but this museum is mainly about the people involved during the conflicts, it does have some interesting exhibits but concentrates on p...”
“Many museums like this will overload you with detail, but (for instance) the timeline of events leading to the outbreak of WWI was expertly and succinctly described.”
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“The museums free to enter, however a donation is more than welcome The museum has planes, trains and old streets and sewers to explore as well as a 3D modelling exhibition, a textile mill ( working machines and in...”
“They have 3 main museums. 1 is the areoplanes which you can see for different times in history from 1st plane made to recent planes and war planes,in there they have simulator ride for a small fee.”
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“Like most museums visiting is free, but do take up the offer of interactive credits for a £6 to add to your enjoyment on the way round.”
“Really interactive museums with plenty of audio and visual demos.”
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“It gave me such a fascination, many a time over the years , I visit museums around the counrty , just as I like visiting church yards.”
“There is an egypt section which is smaller than some bigger museums but still great and the huge dino skeleton was a hit with all three of them.”
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“The museum is an authentic building and contains lots of informative and original displays, teaching you about the history of Manchester and its people and the influence the Jewish settlers and community had in th...”
“The Manchester Jewish Museum is based in the old synagogue which was built in the Moorish Revival style by the noted Manchester architect Edward Salomons in 1874.”
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“I visited the Lancashire Mining Museum with a bunch of cyclists on a historic heritage ride The guide's talk was fascinating and the sight of the massive winding engine is awesome.”
“I took about 300 photos of the old mine railway stock and track, several heritage items and the buildings including the pump room, There is a museum with a roaring fire, very welcome after my extended outdoor phot...”
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“... way it was then We were there by accident on a Sunday and it turned out to be free to look around We often walk around the beautiful grounds but last week was the first time seeing the museum Lots to see and read”
“It is also a great museum because of the fact that it has lots of artefacts to admire.”
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“I particularly enjoyed the textiles and the portraits which had modern pieces alongside classics from the museums own collection - a very stimulating display.”
“Often northern city museums have a real provincial feel with endless pre Raphaelite works but here I would a real mix of works in a world class setting!”
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“It’s probably one of the most kiddie friendly museums in north west!”
“A short walk down the hill from the Best Western hotel to visit the museum was well rewarded with a fascinating hour and a half insight into Rochdale's interesting history.”
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“It's been one of the best Manchester museums we've visited, things really came to life and we saw lots of things that were used in our local area as well as across Manchester.”
“So much packed into this little museum, displays of old uniforms, old helmets, fire fighting equipment through the ages including a fire fighting machine from the late 1700's, a couple of lovely Fire engines of di...”
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