Explorer finds once-loved museum ‘destroyed by vandals’ after it was abandoned

An municipality explorer has managed to task wrong an abandoned museum, lone to spot it has been ‘destroyed by vandals’.

Natasha McCallum shared footage of the derelict Archaeolink depository successful Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Situated successful Oyne, Archaeolink Prehistory Park archetypal opened its doors successful 1997 and it closed successful 2011 arsenic a effect of Aberdeenshire Council withdrawing funding.

The failed tourer attraction was dedicated to the past inhabitants and civilization of the northbound east.

But Natasha’s caller sojourn showed it to beryllium vandalised arsenic it laic untouched for astir 15 years.

She said: ‘It was said to beryllium a large amusive time retired for everyone involved. To spot it successful the authorities it is present is bosom breaking. The vandals person been successful and person destroyed it.

‘Seeing the remains of the small exhibits and stations wherever the kids would enactment made maine sad, particularly seeing them vandalised and smashed up.

‘Windows person been smashed, with graffiti everywhere. It was bully to research it and spot the wrong to amusement what’s near of it present considering it’s been closed for each those years since 2011. As soon it volition beryllium gone everlastingly and apt forgotten.’

According to reports, the tract was yet sold aft 12 years successful 2023.

Talking astir her acquisition exploring the erstwhile site, Natasha said: ‘To locomotion successful to determination the pubic hasn’t seen for a agelong long clip is simply a feeling I can’t explicate – but to beryllium capable to stock is simply a blessing.

‘I conscionable deliberation it’s a shame that specified an acquisition spot for families and schools which showed Scotland’s past had been unopen down. It was said to beryllium a fantastic spot for acquisition purposes with tons of informative exhibits for the kids.

‘There was what looks similar a cinema country wherever I judge the children could beryllium and ticker and learn, determination was besides a locomotion mode the children could acquisition arsenic they was walking successful a antithetic era.’

Natasha hopes that her photos tin bring backmost ‘some blessed memories’ to radical who person visited the museum.

‘Remembering what it erstwhile was earlier it fell into disrepair. It is bully to perceive it’s been sold and being turned into thing other – though it’s bittersweet to spot it go,’ she said.

‘According to aged reviews it seemed similar a due small household time retired and large trips for schools and bully for education. I privation we had much places similar this for children present a days. Those look to beryllium the days we each retrieve during childhood.

‘I person been exploring astir Scotland for 4 years now. I person owned the Scotland’s Abandoned Places Facebook radical since past arsenic I utilized to station my explores connected there. I person explored successful England and Wales excessively a fewer times. But chiefly Scotland.’

She acceptable up her Exploring with Natasha leafage lone 1 twelvemonth agone and has truthful acold reached 10k followers.

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