See You In The Gift Shop
Who could possibly walk past a cannon without taking a photo of it? This one was at Rochester Castle, Kent by the Medway River as if to be defending the bridge and river. I have absolutely no idea whether it was historically accurate or not. But, hey, it's a cannon.
But should it matter whether it's historically accurate?
Do historical sites, museums, and heritage centres have to be historically accurate?
Should they concentrate on getting visitors through the door?
Once through the door and when interest is, hopefully, piqued perhaps that is the time to explore historical accuracy.
So remember if you run any kind of museum, gallery, heritage attraction, and want to attract visitors get a cannon.
And if no one else goes, well, I might go. And I most certainly will if you have a gift shop...
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8 年What's the point if it's not as accurate as can be known? If something is not accurate, but is the closest facsimile/representation of what might have been there, then it should be made clear that this is the case. There seems to be a lot of the "it'll do" attitude to things these days, but if you are trying to educate people then surely giving them correct information should be the key element. People will believe all kinds of nonsense otherwise.
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8 年I was there yesterday too and it's so picturesque!