British creationism museum with pics

You know, as odd as this may sound, I just love the architecture of the building itself (as seen from the exterior.) I wonder what its history is?
 
ChrisC said:
Thanks for the photo tour! I like their building.
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Maia said:
You know, as odd as this may sound, I just love the architecture of the building itself (as seen from the exterior.) I wonder what its history is?
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It doesn't sound odd to me. It was one of my first thoughts as well. :)

It reminds me in some ways of the surface buildings of the original London tube stations, but it's obviously not one of them, unless the tube system is considerably larger than I'd previously thought.
 
May I just apologise to geni for these silly interruptions.

While quietly sneaking in this.
 
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Maia said:
You know, as odd as this may sound, I just love the architecture of the building itself (as seen from the exterior.) I wonder what its history is?
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With it's location I would guess guest house or pub.
 
Anyone up for a UK version of the SSA hordes decending on the US creation museum? Maybe one or two of us could turn up at the Portsmouth museum, decide we can't be bothered to go in, and go for a nice cup of tea and some cake. Or beer and a pub lunch.
 
I live literally around the corner from this horror. The soup display has to be my favourite, declaring that abiogenesis in a primordial soup "would be a nightmare for the soup canning industry" (or words mostly like those).
Anyone up for a UK version of the SSA hordes decending on the US creation museum? Maybe one or two of us could turn up at the Portsmouth museum, decide we can't be bothered to go in, and go for a nice cup of tea and some cake. Or beer and a pub lunch.
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It will indeed have to be one or two of us, you can't fit a horde in the place. Plenty of bars and cafes nearby though!
 
geni said:
A couple of reviews by others make interesting reading:

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Thanks geni, that first link (to "Notes from an Evil Burnee") is mine :)

(As a newbie here I can't post links yet, so I've redacted those in the quote above.)

Some here have remarked on the museum's external facade - FYI it used to be the National Westminster Bank, and the Creation Science Movement bought it at a knock-down price right before the nearby area was scheduled to be redeveloped with the Gunwharf Quays shopping centre and the Spinnaker Tower.
 
Big Les said:
My ace in the hole was going to be this.
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When cycling through that area a few weeks ago, I noticed 'Diggerland' ahead on the map, and said to myself something like "Haha, what's that? A theme park devoted to mechanical diggers? Hahaha. No, seriously, I wonder what that is."

Then, when I went right past the place, that was precisely what it was.
 
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PaulJ said:
Thanks geni, that first link (to "Notes from an Evil Burnee") is mine :)

(As a newbie here I can't post links yet, so I've redacted those in the quote above.)

Some here have remarked on the museum's external facade - FYI it used to be the National Westminster Bank, and the Creation Science Movement bought it at a knock-down price right before the nearby area was scheduled to be redeveloped with the Gunwharf Quays shopping centre and the Spinnaker Tower.
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Actually (to correct my own mistake) Genesis Expo is housed in the former National Provincial Bank.
 
Fancy trying to hoodwink the POMS.. It is easy with Yanks and their defective mentality, but the POMS.

 
BillC said:
When cycling through that area a few weeks ago, I noticed 'Diggerland' ahead on the map, and said to myself something like "Haha, what's that? A theme park devoted to mechanical diggers? Hahaha. No, seriously, I wonder what that is."

Then, when I went right past the place, that was precisely what it was.
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Diggerworld is awesome. Not to be missed if you have kids or are a big kid yourself. They let you play with big mechanical diggers! What could be more brilliant?

PS I'm quite relaxed about the creation museum - obviously nobody visits it. The clue is right there in post #8: "everything worked". So they've obviously never had a single school party through their door. QED
 
BTMO said:
I have a Norwegian friend ... actually, I have several, but I am thinking of one in particular.

She comes from a town not far from the Swedish border.

In her town, there is a peat museum.

Apparently, it is so interesting, and so successful that the locals... cross the border to buy cheap booze.
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Lofoten Peat Museum

A bit too far to drive. Too bad. I have been to some great "peat museums" on Islay in Scotland. ;)

ETA: Some futher googling suggests that there are many peat museums in Norway. (This particular one is quite far from Sweden.) Who knew we were so much fun.
 
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