#local museum

[deepfriedtvbox]

More at the museum

[cathartes-aura-shitposting]

Gonna say this right now. one of the best ways to get some worldbuilding inspiration:

Go to an educational type of attraction..

Seriously, go to a local museum or someplace educational. Living history? Natural history? Art? Aviation and aerospace? Zoos and aquariums even? Doesn't matter, whatever you have available. Do the local stuff as well.

Now try applying some of the stuff you saw and learned about to your fictional world's. It doesn't have to be exact: it could be loosely based on or inspired by it.

[mitsdriveswhere]

11 Adventures You Can (Probably) Do Nearby

If you're in the adventurous mood but your work schedule isn't, there's probably a lot of things that you can do to scratch that itch without having to spend 8 hours negotiating and promising your firstborn to get time off.

Camping Apparently people actually like camping. And honestly, I think I might like to try it again. Going with Red out into the not-really-wilderness kind of removed the fear factor of sleeping, you know, in the not-really-in-the-middle-of-nowhere. Be sure to pack for your climate, but have fun!

Skydiving If you're anywhere near a municipal airport, you probably have a company that provides planes and instructors for skydiving. It can be a one off holy-shit experience, or you can get your skydiving license.

Ziplining I didn't realize how many places offer ziplining until I started to look around for it. Really, there's a lot. Keep in mind your own personal fears when deciding. I've gone ziplining through the jungle but the idea of ziplining Royal Gorge is absolutely terrifying. I'm still gonna do it, but it looks terrifying.

Roller Coasters Just go to an old fashioned amusement park! There are a bunch of rides for you to try, and I promise you at least one amusement park near you has an oldest something something newest highest fastest something something ride on it.

Parasailing Got a boat? Got a fairly large bit of water? Got a parachute? Remarkable. If you have a healthy fear of death, parasailing is actually a great alternative to skydiving. It's surprisingly relaxing, like taking a leisurely swing - just a bit higher than usual.

Hang Gliding Same general idea as 2 and 5. Personally, I haven't gone hang gliding yet, but I do have the intention to do so, as there's a hang gliding company right down the road from my house, amazingly. Once I've gone, I'll let you know if it's worth it.

Hot Air Ballooning The one cavoite here is that you can only go hot air ballooning when it is genuinely frigid outside, which I am not a fan of because I am a big whining baby about the cold. I will, eventually, begrudgingly, go hot air ballooning. But I will continue to be a big baby about it and nobody can stop me.

White Water Rafting Holy shit, please go white water rafting. It is also cold as hell, which I would count as its one and only downside, but it is a great rush that gives you a sense of accomplishment and teamwork where you have to do about 0.5% human interaction. Someone will yell at you over the water and you do what they yell. It's *amazing*. Maybe this paragraph is a bad sell but trust me bro.

Fishing I know, I know, boring old man stuff. Let me be a boring old man okay?? It's as relaxing or fast pace as you like. I like to sit back in my camp chair and just have a nice day. Nice and quiet outside of the water and the non-existent fish. Someday I'll catch one, someday...

Local Museums If you haven't picked up by my general, um, everything, I happen to love museums. And a great way to see museums while simultaneously supporting your local community is to see the ones in your city, even the small ones. I have 3 museums within a 5 mile radius of my home, and I have been to 2 so far (the third one is new! pretty excited).

State or National Parks Unfortunately not all states have national parks (sorry Iowa, you're out of luck :|), but there are quite a few of them. If you are planning to go to more than 3, please also plan to buy a national park pass. It's 80$ but most national parks/monuments have a 30$ entrance fee.

There are actually a bunch of other things you can do, but a) I'm not going to recommend something I personally do no want to do and have no interest in doing and b) I'm not going to speak on the safety of those other things. Always, always practice due diligence and find out how safe your particular adventure is.

I mean, at least someone should ;)

[tempest-melody]

Backroads: What to Pack - Stop No. 6

Backroads: What to Pack – Stop No. 6

We are off to see the wizard. Well not yet, before starting on a road trip we need to be a bit better prepared than Dorothy. This week we are heading down the road to Liberal, Kansas. Liberal has laid claim to the Wizard of Oz. We briefly discussed a few things to bring in the Road Trip Sustainability portion but this will be a more complete list. Clothes – This on is a no brainer but there are…

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[rhyslahey]

I’m so happy I could help with this renovated local archaeological museum - I really like what they’ve done with the display cases and the colour-period coding

[shadowlover96]

Oh hey. This stuff is really cool and neat.

Oh hey what's that!

Wait a second...

Mr. Dino what are you doing!!

[raspberryrose6]

Visited the best local museum, in a village called Burwell: http://burwellmuseum.org.uk

We got a tour of the windmill and could go right up to the top (although I didn’t go up the final stage myself as I was a bit cautious, having Cosima strapped on my front, the ladders were extremely steep).

The museum itself is spread across various outbuildings/barns and is far bigger than we imagined. It took a few hours to look at everything, which we hadn’t expected. The project gained lottery funding a number of years ago and they truly did make excellent use of the money.

The museum was full of brilliant educational material and things were presented very cleverly to help children engage with the content. Oral history recordings were playing in most of the buildings and there were things to play with, touch and try out for yourself, clothes to try on for example and a telephone exchange with old telephones you could actually use.

Highly recommended, if you’re visiting the Cambridge area.

Home - Burwell Museum & Windmill

Welcome to the best family day out in Cambridgeshire - there's something for everyone in this unique and unusual museum and newly restored m

[madame-verte]

While trying to discover more of what’s in our direct community, my best friend and I went to the local museum last weekend. Dogs are welcome, so we strolled around and had a picnic afterwards, listened to the sound of the theater festival nearby and watched the stars. I’m slowly learning that you do not need big cities or to drive far away to have a wonderful day, sometimes what’s around you is already enough. Beauty can be found even in the smallest and simplest things, it just needs a watchful eye and astonished mind…