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         Barbados Museum & Historical Society

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         Barbados Museum & Historical Society

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"A Glimpse of the Past"

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The Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark

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The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark

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Denmark's Viking Ship Museum. Feel the presence of history when you stand before five original Viking Ships that bear witness to warfare, trade and voyages to distant places. Visit the working boatyard and see the impressive collection of traditional, Nordic wooden boats.

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http://www.roalddahl.com/museum

The galleries

The Museum's fun and fact-packed galleries explore the story of Roald Dahl's life and encourage visitors to be creative.

Boy gallery

Here you will find out about Roald Dahl's childhood, his love of chocolate and his schoolboy pranks. Visitors can explore the archive on a touch-screen, rummage through Roald Dahl's family photos, find the mouse in the gobstopper jar and smell the giant chocolate doors.

Solo gallery

Beginning with his journey to Africa, the visitor is shown how Roald Dahl's real-life adventures led him to become a writer, working from a small hut in Great Missenden.

The Story Centre

This is the Museum's creative hub where the displays will inspire your own writing and story-making. Listen to top tips from your favourite authors, make a stop-frame animation, sit in a replica of Roald Dahl's writing chair, create a character or a gobblefunk word.

Every family gets a free visitor guide to help everyone get the most from their visit.

https://youtu.be/299AaGXfifQ

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A chance to look behind the famous cup noodle phenomena in Tokyo. Part of the experience is creating your own pot noodle, from cup design to unique flavours.

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While you might think of instant noodles as a low-brow student snack, in Japan they are a national obsession. You'll find them in every supermarket and even in vending machines on the streets. If you want to understand the extent of the Japanese love for instant noodles the the cup noodle museum in Yokohama is a great starting point.

Getting There

The Cup Noodle Museum is situated in Yokohama. Once an independent port, it is now part of the extended sprawl of Tokyo. The Cup Noodle Museum is a short walk from two stations on the Minatomirai line (Minatomirai and Bashamichi) which connects with the Tokyu Toyoko line - this leaves from Shibuya station.

If you have a rail pass, you can travel to Yokohama for free from Tokyo on the JR East line Keihin-Tōhoku. This stops at Sakuragicho station which is a just under a mile from the museum. The museum is situated on Yokohama waterfront near the Landmark Tower, the highest building in Japan. Opposite the museum is a small theme park; Yokohama Cosmoworld.

Things to Do

There are several attractions and exhibitions inside the museum. Standard entry tickets allow you to visit an exhibition about Momofuku Ando (the founder of Nissin Foods and the inventor of Cup Noodles) and the spread of instant noodles around the world. There is a timeline of instant noodle products, a replica of the shed where Momofuku Ando perfected the drying process and several interesting displays about his creative process. Audio guides are provided in English and there is also an English voice-over available for the film theatre.

There are several interactive exhibits too, although these cost extra. The Chicken Ramen Factory allows you to create your own ramen noodles from scratch, although reservations* need to be made ahead of your visit (* details in Japanese - Use Google Chrome's translate functionality to read in English)

You can book on the day to create your own Cup Noodle in the My CUPNOODLE Factory, although get there early to ensure a slot as it can become fully booked. Not only can you decorate the pot, you can also choose your own selection of ingredients and soup flavour - there are 5460 possible combinations! Your Cup Noodle is then packed in a special crush proof air-padded bag for you to take home.

Younger visitors will enjoy CUPNOODLES park, an indoor play area that replicates the noodle manufacturing process. Again you will need to reserve a time slot when you arrive.

Finally, there is the Cup Noodle shop selling all sorts of Cup Noodle themed merchandise, and the Noodles Bazaar. This is themed to look like an Asian night market, and has several stalls selling different variations on noodles from around the world. You can mix and match different dishes from Kazakh stew to pomodoro spaghetti.

Essentials

Opening Times
Open every day except Tuesday - if Tuesday is a holiday then closed Wednesday.
1000-1800 each day (last entry 1700)

Entrance Fees
General admission - Adults: 500Y, school children under 18 free
My Cup Noodle Factory - 300¥
Chicken Ramen factory - Primary age children: 300¥ Older children and Adults: 500¥
CupNoodles Park = 300¥

Website
Cup Noodle Museum, Yokohama (Official Website)

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Cup Noodle Museum - Yokohama - Japan Trip

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While you might think of instant noodles as a low-brow student snack, in Japan they are a national obsession. You'll find them in every supermarket and even in vending machines on the streets. If you want to understand the extent of the Japanese love for instant noodles the the cup noodle museum in Yokohama is a great starting point.

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Krakow-  Rynek Underground Permanent Museum- https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g274772-d2248956-Reviews-Cracow_Historical_Museum_Old_Market_Underground-Krakow_Lesser_Poland_Province_Sou.html

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"A Glimpse of the Past"

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I really enjoyed visiting this museum because the interpretation really places emphasis on making you feel like you are on an expedition to the arctic!

You can climb on and inside the ship to see the different rooms set out like they would have been during the expeditions! You can also climb up to ring the bell! Best of all, they project the northern lights onto the ceiling!

There is also a simulator to experience the freezing temperatures, and activities to test your strength.

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At the Fram Museum at Bygdøy, Oslo you can board the world's strongest wooden ship, and see how the crew survived in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Read more at http://www.visitoslo.com/en/articles/explorers

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National Museum of the Marine Corps, Virginia, USA - Vietnam Immersion

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National Museum of the Marine Corps, Virginia, USA - Vietnam Immersion

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National Museum of the Marine Corps Part

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United States Marine Museum Quantico Virginia

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Walking out the back of a Chinook into a life-like Vietnam scenario.

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Hospital in the rock -Nuclear Bunker Museum- Budapest  

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Hospital in the rock -Nuclear Bunker Museum- Budapest  

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Yes I have spoken to Lucy about this one. Hidden Bunker in Budapest, a really great experience that starts with a video and guided tours. The Bunker was looked after a family for a number of years, taken back to different periods and a creative use of space and the senses. It has had a number of uses over the years (Jen Mashford) http://www.sziklakorhaz.eu/en

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Info on bottom right, especially for WHS students- Elliot

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Learn about the history of perfume with a guided tour in English. Thoroughly Recommend

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After the tour, you get the opportunity to smell 9 different perfumes and the chance to buy

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Multisensory experience- arrange the perfume scent creams to the relative smell

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In my opinion the Mary Rose Museum has got it spot on with use of interpretive media. The display boards hold an array of fascinating facts yet you do not feel overloaded with information. There is one place where the visitor is allowed to handle artefacts found alongside the ship.

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Discover the story of Henry VIII's warship, lost in 1545, recovered in 1982 and now on display - Portsmouth's Top Visitor Attraction!

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Research Project conducted on tour design: using performance, retail and game design

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Research Project conducted on tour design: using performance, retail and game design

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Transforming Thresholds is an AHRC funded Research Network which investigates the space of the museum foyer and the media used in it. The project ran for 18 months between 2012-2014. Please watch...

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Museum of the Inquisition in Seville (Museo del Castillo de San Jorge)

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Museum of the Inquisition in Seville (Museo del Castillo de San Jorge)

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Great use of digital media. They don't have their own website as it is very small but set in the archaeological remains of the old inquisitorial headquarters/prison. Fantastic interpretation, not too much too read, films, digital reconstruction of the remains, free audioguide, etc.

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Bannockburn | National Trust for Scotland

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Stand shoulder to shoulder with Robert the Bruce on the site of his greatest victory

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He was the local lad who made a name for himself and left his indelible stamp forever across the countryside of England and Wales.

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was dubbed 'England's greatest gardener'. He was credited with changing the face of 18th-century England, as a prolific designer of country estates and mansions, painting the landscape with the brush of the finest artist.

He created more than 170 parks, from Alnwick Castle, his most northerly work, to Widdicombe, near Slapton, Devon in the South West. Many of them still exist and are open to the public.

Lancelot Brown was born in 1716 as the fifth child of a land agent and a chambermaid in the hamlet of Kirkharle, 12 miles west of Morpeth. He was baptised on August 30 and this year marks the 300th anniversary of his birth.

He was educated at Cambo School until he was 16. Brown's father worked for Sir William Loraine, Member of Parliament for Northumberland, and his mother was in service at the MP's home, Kirkharle Hall. His fledgling career started when he was employed as a gardener at Kirkharle, leaving in 1739.

He progressed to become one of the most influential landscape sculptors in history. He was nicknamed Capability because he would tell his clients that their property had 'capability' for improvement.

Brown is best remembered for design on a huge scale, constructing not just gardens and parks, but planting woods and building farms linked by carriage drives, many miles from the main house.

In 1754, the 1st Duke of Northumberland employed him to landscape the parklands of his west London property, Syon House. They often dined together there and, by 1769, Brown had formulated a plan for the countryside opposite Alnwick Castle.

The cornerstones of his designs were that, firstly, everything should work and provide for every need of the great house. Secondly, his work had to cohere, look elegant and appear as natural as possible. He excelled himself in his beautiful landscapes at Alnwick.

The view across the River Aln from the castle is both serene and spectacular, and is enjoyed by thousands of visitors every year.

The current Duke told the Gazette: "When the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland decided to make Alnwick their main home, they were faced with a semi-derelict castle in an unkempt landscape so they employed the finest architects of buildings, gardens and landscapes to create their vision of paradise.

"Robert Adam took on the task of modernising the castle, while Lancelot Brown set about the transformation of Alnwick's surrounding areas, including the monastic ruins and extensive hunting lands within Hulne Park.

"He tweaked and moulded the natural vistas, planting seeds and saplings that now stand in venerable splendour throughout this glorious landscape.

"Little remains of Robert Adam's work on the castle but, 250 years or so later, Brown's work has matured into a wonderful, living memorial to his vision and skill."

Visitors to Alnwick Castle in 2016 can enjoy a new exhibition, which is situated inside the Saloon, one of the State Rooms, with an unparalleled view of Brown's works, and outside on the Castle's Gun Terrace, where large frames allow visitors to put themselves inside the landscape.

As Clare Baxter, collections and archives manager, explains: "The exhibition encourages the visitor to take time to look carefully at the landscape at Alnwick and imagine what transformation took place by understanding the techniques used, how the work was achieved and why. The design of the exhibition is inspired by the idea of looking at a picture on an artist's easel, drawing attention to the 'painterly' nature of the Arcadian landscape designed by Capability Brown."

The exhibition forms part of the Capability Brown 300 festival, in which sites across the country celebrate this important anniversary of one of England's greatest landscape designers.

The Duke of Northumberland said: "Capability Brown transformed many great landscapes and it is fitting that, on the tercentenary of his birth, his magnificent legacy is being acknowledged throughout the country." The festival has been funded by a £911,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, with the wider project worth in the region of £1.7million. There is a range of activities and events at many of the Brown sites. For more details, visit the dedictaed website www.capabilitybrown.org, with one of the main focuses being his Northumberland birthplace, Kirkharle, and nearby Wallington Hall.

On his illustrious CV are the likes of Hampton Court, Burghley House, Longleat, Blenheim Palace, Badminton, Warwick Castle, Harewood House, Milton Abbey and Kew Gardens.
ANNIVERSARY EVENTS JULY Guided Walk (1.5 miles)
Sat 16, Sat 23, Sat 30 July; 1.30pm-3.30pm

Trained guides will help visitors to interpret the landscape and Brown's plans for the park. FREE event. Advance booking not required. Meet in the courtyard beside Capability Brown's plan for Kirkharle.

Time Bandits

Sunday, July 24

A chance to meet Capability Brown and learn about the time he was redesigning the landscape and lake at Kirkharle. Brown leads a walk around the lake and surrounding countryside. Free event at Kirkharle Courtyard and Lake.

10am coffee in Coffee House

11am tour of Lake with talk and singing (about 40 mins)

1pm lecture in Loraine Room

3pm second tour of Lake
18th-century Picnics
Throughout July and August, 11am-3pm: 18th-century picnics can be ordered from the Coffee House. Advanced booking please from info@kirkharlecourtyard.co.uk £18.50 for two people.
AUGUST
Guided Walk (1.5 miles)

Wed 3, Sat 6, Wed 10, Sat 13, Wed 17, Sat 20, Wed 24 August; 1.30pm-3.30pm

As above. Meet in east car park.
Planting the Plan
Sat 6, Sat 13, Sat 20, Sat 27 August, 1.30pm-3.30pm

Trained guides will help visitors to interpret the landscape and Brown's plans for the park. Free event. Advance booking not required. Meet in east car park.
The Eyecatcher Performance
Sat 6, Wed 10, Sat 13, Wed 17, Sat 20 August; 10am and 2pm

Theatre Sans Frontiers' John Cobb stars in this twice-daily one-man theatrical extravaganza on the life, times and gardens of Capability Brown. Starts 10am and 2pm each day. £5 per ticket. Advance bookings not required.
Anniversary Bike Ride
Sunday, August 7

Cyclists are invited to take part in a 29-mile bike ride, which starts and ends at Kirkharle. Booking essential, email info@kirkharlecourtyard.co.uk Entry form and route map via the Kirkharle Courtyard website, http://kirkharlecourtyard.co.uk/capability-brown/2016-celebrations
Time Bandits

Sun 7, Thurs 11, Sun 14, Sun 21 August

Details as above (July).
Poetry Event
Wednesday, August 17

The Renga Poetry Reading and Composition event will be held in the pavilion at the east end of the lake at Kirkharle. Wear sensible shoes and bring a rug. Refreshments can be purchased at the coffee house. Meet in the east car park. Entry fee: £8. For more information, email nickowen20@gmail.com
Bike Ride

Tuesday, August 23

Five cyclists will tackle the gruelling marathon route from Brown's birthplace in Kirkharle, Northumberland, to his final resting place in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire. Come and see them off!
The Big Birthday Weekend
Friday, August 26, to Monday, August 29 (bank holiday weekend)

Events will climax with a birthday festival starting on the Friday in Kirkharle's St Wilfrid's Church, where the great man was baptised on August 30, 1716.
Flower festival
A flower festival will be held in St Wilfrid's Church throughout the weekend - entry by donation.
Evening Concert
Friday, August 26; 7pm

An evening concert featuring Rothbury-born, TV presenter and entertainer, Alexander Armstrong. Tickets £40. To book, email capheatonhall@gmail.com
Talk

Saturday, August 27, 7pm - Capability Brown - A Very Northern Gardener

Historian and broadcaster John Grundy's talk about Brown, his Kirkharle life and the extent of his influence on English landscapes. Held in the Marquee, in the Barn. Limited tickets available, £20 each. To book, email dvdprsgeorge@aol.com or call Kirkharle Coffee House on 01830 540362.
Church Service
Sunday, August 28; 11am

Service of Holy Communion and thanksgiving for the life and works of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown will take place in St Wilfrid's Church, conducted by The Rt Revd Christine Hardman, Bishop of the Newcastle Diocese.
Church Fete
Monday, August 29; 2pm-5pm

A traditional church fete, including displays of traditional crafts, games and pony carriage rides. Time Bandit, Mr Brown himself will be available to guide visitors round the courtyard. Entry £5 per car.
SEPTEMBER Heritage Open Days
Thurs 8, Fri 9 and Sat 10; 11am-4pm

For the third year running, Kirkharle will host this event, welcoming school and family groups, as well as adult visitors. Learn about Capability Brown, his boyhood at Kirkharle and his life as the Shakespeare of Gardening.
NOVEMBER Tree Plantings
November 26 to December 4

Throughout National Tree Week, families are invited to plant new trees into Capability's landscape. More information to follow.

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Celebrating the genius of a man who changed our landscape

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He was the local lad who made a name for himself and left his indelible stamp forever across the countryside of England and Wales. Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was dubbed 'England's greatest gardener'. He was credited with changing the face of 18th-century England, as a prolific designer of country estates and mansions, painting the landscape with the brush of the finest artist.