Alison Heywood-Hill Review of Vincent van Gogh
Well worth seeing. Well laid out. A great artist a...
Well worth seeing. Well laid out. A great artist and his development and phases are told with accompanying paintings and drawings. Makes it more interesting. On a practical note, the staff adopt a light touch approach which feels much more friendly. You can buy tickets on line in advance and show your eticket on your phone. Otherwise you join a long, long queue, even in January, to buy tickets from a machine. There are only two machines. By the time you get there, all the timed tickets for now have gone and we had to wait an hour to get in. They're in 15 minute slots. You cannot take backpacks in and the queue for the cloakroom was horrendous. More time wasted. No security to go though which surprised me. I noticed the shop on an upper level closed at 4 but there was no sign to say the shop downstairs was still open for another 55 minutes. People looked disappointed and it was a missed opportunity for the museum. The cafe was lovely and at prices you'd expect at such a prestigious museum. Surprisingly busy for a bitterly cold Saturday in January. I can imagine the summer will be mayhem. Still worth going. Enjoy.
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