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OssianScotland
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Instagrammable, interactive exhibits...

... with less context and labelling than an academic historian might have enjoyed

So just like pretty much every major museum, at least in the UK, then.

I took my family to the IWM and the Science Museum a few years ago, wanting to revisit childhood memories of lots and lots of information. Instead got minimal labelling, staff who knew nothing and gave me a total blank when I asked where I could find out more ("Try Google" was the standard staff response).

Honourable mention to the RAF museum, who still had real information including brief service histories, and links to find out more - a lot more - online.

(Obvious icon, since Paris didn't seem to fit anywhere....)

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