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to get museum rage?

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pigsinmud · 10/04/2010 09:37

Yesterday we all went to the Natural History Museum. It was exceedingly busy and quite warm in there so perfect conditions for museum rage.

Cameras - I mean why do people have to go along taking picture after picture of the exhibits. They appear to be barely looking at them, just snapping the camera. In some areas where the lighting was low all you could see was flash, flash, flash.

Then there were the people who have to take up half the corridor trying to take a picture of dear old granny standing in front of a glass cabinet with a stuffed bear behind them. WHY? It was so crowded and yet they quite happily spent ages trying to compose the perfect photo whilst making loads of people wait.

Sometimes I think digital cameras are a bad thing as people quite happily snap away in there knowing they can take 567 photos instead of the old 24 or 36.

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MrsVidic · 10/04/2010 09:56

I get zoo rage- I think if you put a lot of children and adults in one place and add exciting things to look at- rage is inevitable

benotafraid · 10/04/2010 15:42

YABU they are having a good time, leave them alone.

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pigsinmud · 10/04/2010 16:14

Well they might be having a good time, but I think it ruins certain sections when all you can see are bloody flashes going off. There was one girl in front of us who took a picture of every rock in a row of 20, whilst talking about what she was doing that evening. I just don't get it - if you're not interested enough to look properly or, heaven forbid, actually read the blurb about the rock, why take a photo of every single one.

Plus some French students insulted my ds2's ginger hair and freckly face - another thing entirely though!

I'm obviously a miserable cow as it doesn't bother other people!

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welliebootsgalore · 10/04/2010 16:24

We were filmed for quite a while for a program ( quite a few years ago now) and since then, we realised how nice it was to watch things back on camera and document our lives. So yep I love having everything on camera! I like to video and photograph everything that the DCs do so I would be one of those people there taking snaps of everything ( well not the exhibits on their own, just the DCs next to them!)

Would prefer it if we had the camera crew back as then I didn't have to worry about filming anything, but I do love to have everything on record!

mangoandlime · 10/04/2010 16:28

Yabu. It's the school holidays. Maybe ask for a Michael Jackson style private opening next time

ToccataAndFudge · 10/04/2010 16:31

should have gone in the morning - wasn't so busy then

ZombiePlanB · 10/04/2010 16:35

buggies in the NHM/science - you have a tiny baby WHY is it in a ENORMOUS pram/push chair? They ought to be banned from inside the building (prams not babies). Put baby in a sling or buy a McLaren. Or carry the poor child and perhaps interact with it!

Toddlers: They are Big Enough to Walk, they do not have RICKETS

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pigsinmud · 10/04/2010 16:38

Good idea mangoandlime.

Welliebootsgalore - do you not think it takes away the moment slightly when you're viewing things through a lens rather than actually viewing them? I quite like the fact that there are hardly any photos of me when I was little. It makes the ones my parents did take seem more special imo.

I can understand taking a picture of a stuffed bear with your dc next to it more than taking 20 pictures of 20 different rocks on their own.

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Rockbird · 10/04/2010 16:40

Oh FFS you're not allowed to take buggies on prams or trains, in shops and now in public spaces. What the hell makes you so important?? Maybe you should go on a different day and leave these people to live their lives with whatever pushchair they like. No one died and made you king

GumBumper · 10/04/2010 16:40

We went earlier in the week. Was heeeeeeaving!
I would have liked to take some pictures but that would have involved stopping and as I seemed to be carried along in one huge humming mass, was therefore impossible.
I certainly dont begrudge those who manged it.

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pigsinmud · 10/04/2010 16:41

So it was you TAndF - we got there as soon as cheaply possible and arrived at 11am. I didn't notice cameras in the morning when we visited the dinosaur section.

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ToccataAndFudge · 10/04/2010 16:43

oh yes - my 2.10yr old had his pushchair with him as well, and yes sometimes he got into it.

oh don't remind me of buggies on trains, I'm still grrrrr at the fact that I had a small umbrella pushchair with me and couldn't actually find ANYWHERE on the sodding train there or back to put the thing safely folded up.

ToccataAndFudge · 10/04/2010 16:44

we arrived at about 10.20 (I think?) - did the dinosaurs first - and took photos there as well.

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pigsinmud · 10/04/2010 16:46

I would have taken a buggy for my 3 year old, but couldn't face the thought of taking it on train and underground let alone steer it through the masses of people.

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ToccataAndFudge · 10/04/2010 16:47

I did Wellingborough to London, Underground, on the Thursday, then Underground, museum(s), Underground x about 3 and train home again on Friday (and I had DS1 and 2 with me as well)

BattyKoda · 10/04/2010 16:48

YABU it's the school holidays and to be expected.

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pigsinmud · 10/04/2010 16:49

Well you're obviously a better mother than me TAndF! I had 4 dcs with me, so I'll beat you on number of children rather than saintly mother!

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ToccataAndFudge · 10/04/2010 16:51

could have done with an extra child with me to help carry jackets and stuff.

Had no idea what the weather would be like, and we went from the hotel to Museums etc and then from there home.......so had overnight stuff with us/jackets/jumpers kept running out of hands on the escalators

welliebootsgalore · 10/04/2010 18:42

schilke - it some ways I guess you could say it does,but I don't video everything. I take pics/videos them enjoy the rest of the day. I love to watch them back as I love being able to relive good memories. For me, having the videos adds to the excitement as things always seem better second time around!

traceybath · 10/04/2010 18:47

ZombiePlan - brilliant idea! Next time I go to a museum - I'll carry DD whose 9 months, make just 2 year old DS2 walk and also keep an eye on DS1 whose 5.

That'll be such an interactive and fun experience for all of us .

Seriously - pushchairs are part of life and for many of us a double is imperative if we don't want to lose one of our dc's.

School holidays are super busy everywhere unfortunately. We did our museum visits early last week - one of the benefits of DS1 breaking up early.

MillyR · 10/04/2010 18:53

The student taking photos of the rocks might have been doing a project or some kind of research. That is a fairly common reason for going to a museum and one of the main reasons that museums exist. Many people will just be going to focus on one section in detail, not do a tour of the entire museum.

littleducks · 10/04/2010 18:59

I always take a buggy to the nhm/science (though as i have preschoolers tend to avoid school holidays)

I need it because to get to the museum i will have walked, taken a train then several tube trains and will do the same on the way home so i need the kids not to get too tired and have a meltdown.

I would leave it outside the basement section where there is a 'buggy park' as it would be empty but for the rest it helps to get kids around

FlyMeToDunoon · 10/04/2010 19:04

You need a buggy when going on family trips to carry all of the coats/jackets/jumpers let alone as a restraint device for overtired toddlers.

FunnyLittleFrog · 10/04/2010 19:23

Well, the only answer really is to avoid museums in London in the school holidays.

Not many folk in the Bagpipe Museum in Morpeth the other day!

moondog · 10/04/2010 19:26

Oh yes, my pet hate too-dullards waving digital cameras about and clicking away.
Nuts.Leave yer bleeding cameras and camcorders at home and concentrate on the here and now.