The is what tourists do in Nottingham University - Jonjon explores Lakeside Arts

“DH Lawrence Pavilion”, Nottingham Lakeside Arts

(University of Nottingham)

University museums are the quiet cousins of city-centre attractions. They seldom show up in tourist guides. Some have little promotion, or all you see is a browning humbled sign (check out this murky discovery in LSE). And if you insist and arrive at a random campus, very likely would you realize how astray they would like to saunter - with each department safeguarding their own precious treasures following peculiar curating policies that none other can contest.

(Why not spend a moment to reflect on our finds in Cambridge? 1 2 3 4)

Which means when it comes to planning a day-out for these mystic creatures, you’ll have to be prepared to turn it into sort-of-like a hiking date.

But here in Nottingham University. Let’s hand them a participation trophy. For they’ve put everything in one basket for your convenience and branded it the “Lakeside Arts”.

See for yourself: "DH Lawrence Pavilion", Nottingham lakeside Arts

Located at the southeastern entrance just next to the lake, the arts centre consists of several galleries and an archaeology museum.

The main building is this pavilion with a café packed with families in their holiday mood. Watch out for tumbling screaming kids as you walk through the exhibition – the gallery is just besides where all the gobbling and clanking takes place.

And next to that is another gallery showing the temporary exhibition “Romantic: Facts and Fantasies”, a showcase of how romanticism in explorations has this mixed effect with scientific discoveries and taxonomy. For some reason, staffers inside are keen to ensure no-photography the moment you enter.

When you feel like life is too short, come join my 25-min museum tour. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.

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