Museums on vacation - anyone else feel this way?

[Anonymous]

I just can't with museums. It's something I just don't do on my trips and I've had people comment to me in the past saying something like, "X city has an awesome science museum" or "Did you see their city's history museum?"

But I don't bother with them on vacation. I want to explore the city/hike the trails/see the landmarks and sights. Not be in a stuffy room looking at boring artifacts and reading placards all day. Maybe on a day when it's pouring rain and there's nothing else to do, MAYBE.

I also don't like hefty admission fees.

Maybe this is all because I am spoiled by being born/raised here, where we have free access to some of the best museums around. I definitely don't mind popping in at the Natural History museum here, and checking out an exhibit or do and then bouncing. But I also don't feel like I need to get my money's worth here because it's free. If I were to pay admission for some science museum somewhere else, well, I'm going to get my money's worth.

Anyway, just rambling. Anyone else skip museums on trips?

[Anonymous]

Yes I don't go to museums on vacation. I have museums at home, and they are world class. The Louvre gets a pass of course, but anything short of the Louvre is not worth my time.

[Anonymous]

+1 OP, I tend to enjoy them less and less on travels. They are usually crowded with the most annoying kinds of tourists and the bathrooms are always a disaster.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes the museum is part of the landmark. I went to the civil rights museum in atlanta, and it was great. A ton of history in the city that is captured in one building.

[Anonymous]

It depends. In Paris I go to museums. In Denver I don’t.

[Anonymous]

As a kid, my mother would spend HOURS dragging us through museums and we grew to hate vacations with her, and hate museums.

It took 20 years before I could go into a museum again, and I can't even tell you what a sense of relief it was to go through it at my own pace and be out in 45 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Newsflash. People like different things. We love going on private tours of museums. We appreciate art, history and architecture. You do you.

[Anonymous]

I too am annoyed by the hefty fees.

But I love museums. I've planned whole international trips just to see a museum (like the Hermitage). Obviously I do other things there and want to see the cities too, but some museums are my top draw. I have small kids now and barely get to see any museums. I dream about the days of touring art museums and such again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just can't with museums. It's something I just don't do on my trips and I've had people comment to me in the past saying something like, "X city has an awesome science museum" or "Did you see their city's history museum?"

But I don't bother with them on vacation. I want to explore the city/hike the trails/see the landmarks and sights. Not be in a stuffy room looking at boring artifacts and reading placards all day. Maybe on a day when it's pouring rain and there's nothing else to do, MAYBE.

I also don't like hefty admission fees.

Maybe this is all because I am spoiled by being born/raised here, where we have free access to some of the best museums around. I definitely don't mind popping in at the Natural History museum here, and checking out an exhibit or do and then bouncing. But I also don't feel like I need to get my money's worth here because it's free. If I were to pay admission for some science museum somewhere else, well, I'm going to get my money's worth.

Anyway, just rambling. Anyone else skip museums on trips?

People are just making conversation. Just say no and move on to what you did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I don't go to museums on vacation. I have museums at home, and they are world class. The Louvre gets a pass of course, but anything short of the Louvre is not worth my time.[/quote

I guess you missed the uffizi gallery in Florence?

[Anonymous]

Some of my trips have been made solely to visit certain museums, so I don't really feel the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just can't with museums. It's something I just don't do on my trips and I've had people comment to me in the past saying something like, "X city has an awesome science museum" or "Did you see their city's history museum?"

But I don't bother with them on vacation. I want to explore the city/hike the trails/see the landmarks and sights. Not be in a stuffy room looking at boring artifacts and reading placards all day. Maybe on a day when it's pouring rain and there's nothing else to do, MAYBE.

I also don't like hefty admission fees.

Maybe this is all because I am spoiled by being born/raised here, where we have free access to some of the best museums around. I definitely don't mind popping in at the Natural History museum here, and checking out an exhibit or do and then bouncing. But I also don't feel like I need to get my money's worth here because it's free. If I were to pay admission for some science museum somewhere else, well, I'm going to get my money's worth.

Anyway, just rambling. Anyone else skip museums on trips?

There are some decent museums in DC, but they aren’t the be all and end all. I would never claim they are “the best museums around.”

[Anonymous]

We love museums. If you have small kids, the Children’s Museums have grown and improved so much over the decades. People travel miles to experience the interactive exhibits at these places. The museums have fascinated us on trips far and wide. We love reading and learning new things. Every museum is a treasure trove to our family. We take trips to far cities JUST to go through the science museum or art museum. We can’t get enough of them!

[Anonymous]

I have a teen who loves art and art history, so we plan trips with museums in mind. My other kid hates museums so we do other stuff, too, or split up for an afternoon. To each their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I don't go to museums on vacation. I have museums at home, and they are world class. The Louvre gets a pass of course, but anything short of the Louvre is not worth my time.

Interesting that you find the louvre worth your time but not the Uffizi or the Vatican (among many others).