Obscure and niche tourist attractions

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not sure there's a lot to say......

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I did think of the 'Holy Stone Of Clunrichert'

 

[Dec66]

I did think of the 'Holy Stone Of Clunrichert'

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Or one of the many delights at Craggy Island's annual "Funland":

 

[classic33]

Gaping Gill
http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/visit-the-dales/discover-the-dales/caves-and-potholes/gaping-gill

 

[MartinQ]

Went there a few years ago and it was fascinating.

https://www.artbrut.ch/fr_CH/auteurs/la-collection-de-l-art-brut
https://www.artbrut.ch/fr_CH/art-brut/qu-est-ce-que-l-art-brut

It is to the French painter Jean Dubuffet that we owe the concept of Art Brut. Since 1945, it has been a collection of objects created by residents of psychiatric hospitals, prisoners, originals, solitaries or reprobates.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Went down a few years ago, in the Bosuns Chair

 

[MichaelW2]

Norwegian National Museum of Fish Canning in Stavanger is worth a punt.

 

[Electric_Andy]

The Yelverton Paperweight Centre - interesting if you like small shops that sell paperweights, but that's about it.

 

[Threevok]

The Hat Museum in Stockport - actually quite interesting

 

[BrumJim]

Norwegian National Museum of Fish Canning in Stavanger is worth a punt.

Sadly I didn't make it to this museum. However I did make it to the telephone museum, also in Stavanger.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Gaping Gill
http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/visit-the-dales/discover-the-dales/caves-and-potholes/gaping-gill

Went down a few years ago, in the Bosuns Chair

Didn't have time for photo-finding, & forgot later

45 minutes, good paced, walk from Clapham, up Trow Gill


Looking at the photo dates, it was the 'August Bank' 2005 meeting

 

[Andy in Germany]

Stuttgart has a Pig Museum:

http://schweinemuseum.de/

I suspect I can do better than that though.

 

[Globalti]

If nobody has mentioned it yet, Helmshore Textile Museums in Lancashire. There's a pre-industrial wool fulling mill and a more recent cotton yarn mill, both working, the former water-powered and the latter now electric-powered. You can watch the mule passing back and forth winding several kilometers of yarn with each pass and you can imagine the children crawling under the machine collecting the fluff. There's a very good audio-visual display in the basement, which explains the importance of weavers in pre-industrial Britain and gives you an appreciation of why the Luddites smashed up the machines they saw taking away their jobs.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

In a ficticious setting, there's the Dwarf Bread Museum in Ankh-Morpork, that's very niche!!!

 

[Electric_Andy]

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...5-Reviews-The_Big_Mango-Bowen_Queensland.html

 

[fted33]

Always worth a visit if you like gas.

http://fakenhamgasmuseum.com