Follow Your Nose For A Smelly Day Out...January 22 2004
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Did you know that sometimes museums are really pongy? Or that science centres can be a bit whiffy from time to time? It's strange but true.
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Photo: you'll need your nose for this science centre... Sensation is full of strange smells.
© Sensation, Dundee.
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Smells can jog happy or sad memories and help you to imagine things. Sometimes museums or galleries use smells to help older people talk about the past and their memories.
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We've sniffed out a few stinky places for day trips here. All of them are very family friendly and love having kids to visit. If you know of any more, please get in touch; we'd love to add to the list!
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Photo: this brave girl is testing her sniffing skills at Sensation.
© Sensation, Dundee.
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There's a science centre in Dundee called Sensation that is all about the five senses. They have a giant, hairy nose to peer inside (if you dare - yuck!). You can climb into a giant head, up the throat and then slither out down the nostrils (even more gross, double yuck!). There are loads of smells to sniff at Sensation, we even heard a rumour of a plant pong called 'Dead Horse Arum'.
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On the Isle of Man a museum called the House of Manannan has a rather fishy smell. Kippers were big business on the island and also happen to be very, very whiffy.
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Photo: bet a day in the kipper kitchen left these ladies nice and smelly...
© Manx National Heritage.
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In Yorkshire the Eden Camp Modern History Museum uses smells to take you back to the war years. Eden Camp was built as a camp for prisoners of war during World War Two (1939 to 1945). Many of the camp buildings survived and now house all sorts of exhibits about wartime and the people who lived at the camp.
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There are all sorts of smells at Eden Camp, some of them very sad. The burning Blitz smells and diesel from a U-boat will help you imagine the smells of the war. Cosy and homely smells like the tea wagon and a field kitchen might be more familiar.
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Photo: the sights and smells of Eden Camp wil set your senses tingling.
© Eden Camp.
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Remember, these were the days before air fresheners - there weren't any nice piney or peachy smells in their loos!
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Shows a photo of a reconstructed Viking Street scene at the Jorvik Centre.
© Jorvik Viking Centre.
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If you can't get to any of those museums, we've dug up some smelly web links for you. The Oxford Museum of Natural History has an animal alphabet on its site. Click on D is for dung beetle to see why if you're a dung beetle your life depends on dung, poo or number two.
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Photo: these beetles think of the smelly stuff as yummy food.
© Oxford University Museum Of Natural History.
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The National Maritime Museum shows you how to make a pomander
on their website. In Tudor times some people used pomanders when they were out and about to keep the awful smell of the streets away. There are loads of smelly museums waiting to welcome you, just make sure you take a peg for your nose in case of emergencies.
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Story by Anra Kennedy.
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