Then there was the visitor who expressed disappointment because apart from appreciating the beauty of objects in the museum, his main reason for coming was to get a feeling of the past and the vital atmosphere of the museum with its great overtones of grand culture and national greatness.
往事只能回味另一位「表示失望」的遊客則指出，他喜歡來博物館的原因之一，除了欣賞藝品之美，也為發思古之情，感受十九世紀英國「博物致知」的浩大文化活力與國力。