I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!

[mikefromlfe@cupoftea.social]

I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!

I'm wondering if a museum purely devoted to pencils might be one of the most Mastodon places in England?
Maybe it's one of Mastodon's Spiritual Homes!

#Museum #Pencil #PencilMuseum #Keswick #Cumbria #Mastodon

[ferngirl@det.social]

@MikeFromLFE oh, now I want to go to the pencil museum...

[naturepoker@pixelfed.social]

Pencil as an admission ticket, what a wonderful idea!

[mikefromlfe@cupoftea.social]

@naturepoker
They also give you a quiz based on the exhibits - get them all right and you get a pen as well (it's a normal artist fine liner pen, not specifically branded though!)

[gusseting@mastodon.social]

@MikeFromLFE photos of said museum, or it didn't happen...

[g7kse@mastodon.radio]

@MikeFromLFE I can't believe you've not mentioned its got the world's largest pencil in it.

Pencils everywhere

[sticklandtim@mastodon.green]

@MikeFromLFE
The brand is called Lakeland pencils for a reason.
Sounds like a great museum.

[youngtounces@climatejustice.social]

@MikeFromLFE more #pencil things https://pencilmagazine.com/

[aj@home.ajacks.net]

@MikeFromLFE #LittleKnownFact that John Mastodon once lived in the flat above the pencil museum.

[owlor@meow.social]

@MikeFromLFE I like how subtle the customization is. Like, this is pretty much what regular Derwent brand artist pencils look like, just with "Derwent Pencil Museum" printed on it rather than "Derwent graphic". So it really must've felt like they where just handing you a regular pencil as the admission ticket.