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framing suggestion:
Some of the best museums I've been to are those tucked away in corners of towns that are not
on the tourist trail like the big money machines in London and elsewhere. I'm not decrying the
worth of places like the V&A, The Natural History and Science Museums in London, but the smaller
less-heralded collections often give you more space to learn and to wonder and wander (and not
get lost), to appreciate the work of the curators or the team that put it all together. And without
information-overload, it's easier to remember more of what you've seen. This is a Pegasus radial
areo engine in the Flixton Museum of aviation on the Suffolk/ Norfolk border, a fascinating
assortment of memorabilia from the earliest days of flight, with - inevitably - much of it geared
towards WW2 when East Anglia was filled with RAF and USAAF airfields, aircraft and crew.
The down side to these local museums is usually that they do not have the funds to produce a
book of their exhibits, and many's the time I wish they had had one available for purchase.
Flixton is one such, and another where I particularly remember being deprived of a book (but
maybe it has one by now) was the MacBride Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon, a brilliant, well
curated collection of all things to do with the northern territories and native Indian life. With a
complete 'Casey Jones' -type steam locomotive outside, once used on the White Pass and Yukon
line to SE Alaska.
Some of the best museums I've been to are those tucked away in corners of towns that are not
on the tourist trail like the big money machines in London and elsewhere. I'm not decrying the worth
of places like the V&A, The Natural History and Science Museums in London, but the smaller
less-heralded collections often give you more space to learn and to wonder and wander (and not
get lost), to appreciate the work of the curators or the team that put it all together. And without
information-overload, it's easier to remember more of what you've seen. This is a Pegasus radial
areo engine in the Flixton Museum of aviation on the Suffolk/ Norfolk border, a fascinating
assortment of memorabilia from the earliest days of flight, with - inevitably - much of it geared
towards WW2 when East Anglia was filled with RAF and USAAF airfields, aircraft and crew.
The down side to these local museums is usually that they do not have the funds to produce a
book of their exhibits, and many's the time I wish they had had one available for purchase. Flixton
is one such, and another where I particularly remember being deprived of a book (but maybe it has
one by now) was the MacBride Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon, a brilliant, well curated collection of
all things to do with the northern territories and native Indian life. With a complete 'Casey Jones'
-type steam locomotive outside, once used on the White Pass and Yukon line to SE Alaska.
Radial aero engine
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A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£26)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)
A2 (c. 23"x16") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£40)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£36)
Permajet Gold Silk (£40)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£36)