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The Children's Museum of the Upstate的点评
点评:When my boys were young I loved taking them to TCMU. Since they've grown up, I have enjoyed taking nieces and nephews and other family children. In the past, TCMU always had some kind engaging, hands-on learning opportunity that suited each of my children's ages. Yes the exhibits were wonderful, but what made TCMU was special was the people so obviously engaged in my child's development at every stage. In recent years, the hands-on engagement has been extremely watered down, and it extra curricular programs are few and far between. My kids loved summer camp at TCMU. Last year when I tried to sign up my nephew I was shocked to only find 3-4 weeks offered in the middle of the summer when most families seem to be on vacation. Based on the phone conversation I had last week, it seems like TCMU will be offering no camp learning opportunities at all this year. When I look at the museums online presence it seems the only things you all promote are your retail store, adult nights (isn't this a children's museum?), and kids day out opportunities. Additionally, all entry prices have been raised over the past couple years....meanwhile the daily open hours have shortened. Its sad to say that after so many years of a strong commitment to GVL families TCMU seems to be nothing more than a fancy, expensive, playground now.
翻译:当我的儿子还小的时候,我喜欢带他们去 TCMU。自从他们长大后,我喜欢带侄子侄女和其他家庭孩子去。过去,TCMU 总是有一些适合我每个孩子年龄的引人入胜的动手学习机会。是的,展览很精彩,但 TCMU 的特别之处在于人们显然在每个阶段都参与了我孩子的发展。近年来,动手参与已经大大减少,课外活动也少之又少。我的孩子们喜欢 TCMU 的夏令营。去年,当我试图为我的侄子报名时,我很震惊地发现,在大多数家庭似乎都在度假的夏季中旬,只有 3-4 周的夏令营可供选择。根据我上周的电话交谈,TCMU 似乎今年将不再提供任何夏令营学习机会。当我查看博物馆的在线信息时,似乎你们唯一宣传的就是零售店、成人之夜(这不是儿童博物馆吗?)和儿童出游机会。此外,过去几年所有门票价格都上涨了……同时每日开放时间也缩短了。很遗憾,经过这么多年对 GVL 家庭的坚定承诺,TCMU 现在似乎只不过是一个花哨、昂贵的游乐场。