I wasn’t expecting a great deal from this but it covered a range of topics with some hands-on elements. Our group of adults and children (8-11) all got something out of it and we spent far more time than I was anticipating. What we were disappointed with was the long queues for the games, or the games being dominated by impolite, selfish students who had no regard for other visitors. But, there is an easy fix for this:

To combat this, what it does need is either, more of the hands-on exhibits, better instructions on how to use the exhibits (including being considerate of others) or (preferably), staff on hand to manage people through the hands-on bits. For example: If you’re a group of mid-20s students and you’ve been trying to decipher the radio code unsuccessfully for 15 minutes, read the room and the queue of children patiently waiting and accept you can’t crack it! It would be better if staff were on hand to assist or move people on. On the topic of this, they may have gone wrong with the game because of the English translation (it says to listen for the beep but you’re actually listening for the word “achtung”). The museum might want to correct future translations, or these students might just have been exceptionally dense! 🤷‍♀️ For the capoeira laser room, it would be good to have a member of staff on hand to ensure that the flow of people were entering their information in advance rather than as they took their turn. This would massively speed up the game.

Of particular delight was the Penny Press and that there were cheap lockers available.