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Iām not sure why youāre arguing what we already know? Yes, the museum that runs the attraction at the dockyard since SSGB was dragged back has to date marketed itself as SSGB. The GW dock yard that it is based in also homes the Being Brunel Museum, Dockyard Museum, Brunel Institute, Albion Dock viewing area. Now theyāre going to market themselves as the docks because that better represents the diversity of whatās on offer and the diverse range of heritage that they can now display on their massive site, rather than just talking about the ship. I feel weāre going round in circles here for no reason; this is getting quite repetitive now
@ChisieWeirdo@RobertSterry6@benonwine@LWalksLondon The Great Western dock of Bristol was built for the SSGB. It is a dock. It was always called the dock. The museum trust has marketed the site as the SSBG since the ship returned, but now it is widening remit & marketing the whole site as the docks. I fail to see the problem here.
No, Robert is not incorrect. The site has always been the Bristol Docks/yard: the museum trust however has marketed their attraction located in part of it as the āSS Great Britainā because that has been its major draw. Now, theyāre marketing more of the site. Thereās no āgotchaā here. The incorrect bullshit is from the OP and those who retweeted it.
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No, it isnāt. Itās good business sense. Youāre heading off down a theoretical rabbit hole that doesnāt exist.
A problem here is that exception is being taken to the word ādiverseā for various reasons. If you replace the word ādiverseā with ālots of different types ofā then that means the same thing. Another problem here is that you and others seem cross that a museum should want to appeal in different ways to different people, and do different things for different people.
To bring in more money and to be a resilient cultural enterprise, diverse audiences are needed: because sometimes one audience - like the ones looking to visit a ship - has reached a limit. To bring in more people they are developing the rest of the site: they are diversifying the offer.
Nothing is being taken away, but more things - and more knowledge - is being added.
No, *you* visit because of the ship.
Others visit for other reasons, and it is, and has been for rather a long time, a substantial historic dockyard. Many more people donāt visit at all, but by talking about more than just a ship occupying part of the site, theyāre more likely to.
The point of this is broadening appeal, not some mythical ādescent into wokedomā which might be all very exciting on a GB News bulletin and easy to lob in a mindless retort, but doesnāt stand up to any scrutiny.
If you want to carry on being grumpy and angered about āwokeryā then fine - but given that you clearly like the place, I think itās odd that you donāt want to see more people visit it.
This rage is misinformed. Calling it āwokeā and weirdly focusing on the word ādiversityā here fundamentally misses the point. But I suspect youāre well aware of that.
The site is being renamed Bristol Dockyards because it is already much more than the SSGB which sits within it. Thereāll be new, extra exhibits about the heritage of Bristolās massive docks - and the incredible diversity of that heritage.
It increases the remit of the site, widens its appeal and safeguards the future of its major exhibit, the SSGB, and the Brunel exhibition which features a giant version of the small man himself, smoking a cigar. Itās a new name which better reflects what paying tourists will get.
But I guess the boring, sensible reality isnāt as good as manufactured fury for social engagement statistics, right?
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