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If you could have the free run of any building in the world right now, where would you go?

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OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 12/04/2020 19:30

All alone, no school parties, no guided tours, no overly officious guides, you can nosy behind the scenes and in the private areas.
For me, it would be one of the major art galleries of the world, the Louvre or the MMOMA, maybe a museum like the smithsonian.

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MaMaMyCorona · 12/04/2020 20:16

Victoria and albert museum in London is the first thing that springs to mind.

BalloonSlayer · 12/04/2020 20:21

Another one for the Natural History Museum in London.

I have always fantasised about hiding somewhere and coming out when the place was deserted.

I suspect whoever wrote "Night at the Museum" felt similar but had to jazz it up a bit for the movie pitch.

mbosnz · 12/04/2020 20:24

Collaseum! (Sp). Oh, and the royal stable mews, or whatever it's called.

TakeMeToYourLiar · 12/04/2020 20:25

Not as cultural, but the spa at Center parcs.

If I win the euro millions I would recreate it to live in

jojobar · 12/04/2020 20:26

Versailles definitely.

I'd also love to go back to my university library. The time I spent there doing research for my final year dissertation is such a fond memory. Id love to go back there, especially without the distraction of other people.

squashyhat · 12/04/2020 20:28

Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Centre) in New York.

magicstar1 · 12/04/2020 20:33

Graceland

GenderApostate19 · 12/04/2020 20:33

The Doge’s Palace in Venice, well just Venice in general tbh.
We were there this time last year 😢
Valley of the Kings in Luxor would be my 2nd choice, along with Karnak temple.

Corrag · 12/04/2020 20:34

Hagia Sophia. Or the Smithsonian.

TheChosenTwo · 12/04/2020 20:37

The forum in Rome and the British museum - every time I’ve been they’ve both been horrendously busy.
Oh, and the cinqeterra (sp?!) in Italy - we went to the first town; parked at the top off the hill, walked 30 minutes down with the dc and nearly cried at how busy it was. Stunningly beautiful but too busy for us. Dh went back up to get the car and drive down to meet us, dc and I got ice creams. We left. Would absolutely love to go back now.

DuchessofBolton · 12/04/2020 20:37

Buckingham Palace because I’d never get a chance otherwise.

BigBadBoom · 12/04/2020 20:40

St Mark's Basilica and Venice in general. The Uffizi. Any major city just to walk the streets.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 12/04/2020 21:36

I’d give the aquarium a miss, I think it might be a wee bit creepy. I’d quite like the run of Kew Gardens and the palace of Versailles.(so I could take my shoes off and skid down the hall of mirrors in my stockinged feet)

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Bearlyclearly · 12/04/2020 21:50

Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle to have a nosey around the private areas where the Queen lives

PloptheBarnOwl · 12/04/2020 21:56

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Davros · 12/04/2020 23:12

The bar in the Waldorf Astoria, with a highly professional barman behind the bar serving 2m away

LonginesPrime · 12/04/2020 23:29

The Musee D'Orsay.

bluejayblue · 12/04/2020 23:53

Fort Knox particually if I could take home some free samples of it's contents.

cushioncovers · 12/04/2020 23:54

What a great question.

Houses of Parliament

MrsSnitchnose · 12/04/2020 23:58

@HarrySnotter Shhh! Anti muggle security! Wink

I'd choose St Basil's Cathedral or the Kremlin

GarlicSoup · 12/04/2020 23:59

Paisley Park Chanhassen
Buckingham Palace
The White House

DrMadelineMaxwell · 12/04/2020 23:59

Def Natural History Museum.

LaurieFairyCake · 13/04/2020 00:00

The V and A jewelllery section if I could try them on

ClientQ · 13/04/2020 00:01

Definitely Hogwarts!
On a more shallow note - selfridges. Being in the beauty hall and testing stuff is like my meditation, I find it so fun and calming BlushGrin so the idea of being there alone - bliss

Crispynoodle · 13/04/2020 00:08

V & A oh wow i’d Love to do it