Do you prefer visiting monuments or museums?

[thegreenyogi]

[RebelinSteel]

Museums as there are a wide variation Victoria & Albert Museum, Imperial War Museum, Science Museum, British Museum, Car Museum, Various Aircraft Museums, etc

Monuments or places are limited, Stonehenge, Glastonbury Tor, Hadrians Wall and Forts,

[thegreenyogi]

I can tell by the museums you mention you're UK based.

[EmmaMary]

@rebelinsteel

I do so hope you won't mind me completely reiterating your post. 🤞x

[KostasKouvalis]

I wouldn't consider those monuments

"A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event".

[RebelinSteel]

@KostasKouvalis hmm Hadrians Wall, wonder who that was built for hmmm some Roman dude maybe. Wonder what his name was …

[RebelinSteel]

Hmm. Stonehenge, events,,, wonder what events we have
Hmm do we have summer and winter solstice
Wonder if there could be a connection.

[KostasKouvalis]

If we're going by the official definition of a monument that I posted on RebellinSteel's post, then definitely museums, 'cuz there's more variety.

If "monuments" also include things like forts and ancient ruins, the monuments

[KostasKouvalis]

Thanks for MHO

[exitseven]

I like to visit Museums.

[Rosexøxø]

MUSEUMS. I like both but museums is a history book with pop up pictures from the real time lol. Monuments feel too short for my taste but still a nice and quick treat in passing. And if we want to get technical. It’s possibly the monuments if historical and not newer, would have some type of excerpt on the actual monument describing the symbolism and the history behind that. It would be the words written in stone and un-tampered with. Not modified. Meanwhile info pieces displayed in museums could have some bias or lack detail and clarity because of frequent editing/modification.

But it’s also possible for the monument to hold bias perspective in description of the piece, than a truthful and more generalist approach.

But

better to read bias than to read made up things. Or simply a bit far-fetched.

[Rosexøxø]

Museums are a history book (or) a museum is like a history book.

[Lliam]

Museums.

When I think of monuments, I think of statues or edifices that were erected to memorialize someone or some event. I've seen quite a few and they are worthy of admiration, but they are mostly photo ops.

I do love visiting ancient structures, places, and things that were built hundreds or thousands of years ago. That might be my favorite.
I've had a great time doing that in Mexico (Tulum), England (Stonehenge), France and Germany (castles, ancient towns, churches and cathedrals.

In Ireland, I not only visited museums, Newgrange, bee hive huts, reconstructed, wooden fort settlements, ancient stone forts, monasteries and cathedrals. But there are pre-Christian things like stone circles, dolmens and ogham stones just scattered around and taken for granted. I love Irish history and culture.

I would love to visit Iran, Iraq (if the U. S. didn't destroy everything), Turkey, Syria and Egypt. There are many, many other places, too.

[EmmaMary]

@thegreenyogi

I'm hoping so much that @rebelinsteel won't mind if I completely reiterate what he's submitted in his post. 🤞

[sheikalana]

Love both but I prefer vising monuments for the historical aspect. There's something special in visiting a place with more than 2000 years.

[electromagnetic]

I think museums tend to trade their collection to keep people coming. I prefer to see monuments

[LiamJHayden]

I love museums and art galleries. We have the Laguna Art Walk, Bowers, a Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University nearby, and the LA County Museum of Art, The Getty< and a slew of otrhers are not super far.

[Dargil]

Not so much museums but historic sites. I've been to Stonehenge and numerous Native/Indian sites.

[AbbeyOtis2005]

Both have there own advantages.
but I would like to go monuments. as these the real places where events and things happen

[Alex-Snow]

I like both obviously but monuments because they are outdoors and beautiful

[DrPepper12]

Museums hands down and NYC has some of the best

[mandyfire98]

Museums

[Iron_Man]

Both are good

[slatyb]

Museums. Monuments are boring

[itsclearlynicholas]

Hmm. Museums

[OtterMan68]

Museums

[Mrtcn01]

prefer museums..

[dinojames22]

Depends

[eagle1951]

yeah

[QuietRunner]

Monuments

[Arunk0889]

Yes, a lot.