It sort of was about museums. But the point was you don't have to go to the same museum everybody tells you to go to. Maybe you want to go to the Gelato museum. Maybe you want to go see something else . But there must be something you have an interest in. You may hate art. So don't go to an art museum. But museums cover almost literally everything

My take on this is that a grandmother is trying to plan a trip for her 20 year old granddaughter. The grandparents will be traveling with a 20 year old. The OP is describing what the granddaughter's concerns are.

I can see a conversation about the upcoming trip and the granddaughter saying she didn't want to do a lot of museums or even "doesn't like" museums. I have a similar conversation with a travel friend. IMO it's important to have a clue before the trip what's important to the other person(s) so one can plan accordingly. Otherwise, you may find yourself on a trip with someone who wants to spend hours in the museum whle the other wants to do other things. In that case, a solution can be to split up during the middle of the day and meet back up at dinner. But in THIS case, the grandmother is trying to plan a trip for the three of them, that reflects the granddaughter's interest. Seems perfectly normal to me. Nothing "bizarre" about it at all.

"I am trying to plan a 10-day trip to Italy with my daughter. I know she will not want to spend her time in museums."

Perhaps dropping "must" may help you make your point.
It was especially nonsensical with the food example.

I recently took a 2 week trip to Italy with grandmother & 18yr old grandson, and agree 100% with starrs' points. The the 18yr old (and his buddy) wanted to do did not match what grandma thought an itinerary should look like. The daughter/aunt and son-in-law/uncle (us) were along & helped the generational, gender, & energy translation.

GM plans.
Planned / timed visits to museums
Planned / timed visits to churches
1/2 day to full day driving side trips to visit multiple hill towns
Cooking class
Town craft/farmers markets, pottery, glass, etc
sipping wine on the terrace


GS Plans:
Hang out in the square and converse with le ragazze
get up late and wing it
eat gelato
eat pizza
Drive 3hrs, then back for a day trip to the other side of the boot
maybe pop in a museum or 2.


GS actual favorites:
Hiking through the woods and swimming in watering holes
biking through the countryside from town to town
Go-kart racing
Day at the beach
Exploring etruscan ruins, pretenting to be gladiators
short visits to nearby hill towns
climing the bell tower (racing up)
grilling meat (bistecca) & sausages
eat, period
avoid the pretty ragazze at all cost (terrified)
one museum visit

We regularly see questions without the background research that enables us to be most helpful. Nothing unusual or bizarre in that. In other words, essentially this was similar to "I want to go to Belgium for 10 days. Any ideas for good things to do?". Except it wasn't as bad because the OP at least gave the info that they are not into museums and for many, a trip to Italy mean visits to a lot of museums. Vague questions are far from unusual here. I agree that it's not like saying you don't like food. In my last 5 visits to Italy I don't think I set foot in one museum.

I'm not saying that I can't appreciate museums around the world but where I live, I'm spoiled with some of the world's best museums 100% free of charge and a regular schedule of the world's most popular exhibits, easy and not very expensive to see. Therefore, museums are generally not on the top of my list when i travel.

It sort of was about museums.

Yup I knew that.

But this OP is pretty darn clear they are not interested. Don't know why people are trying to convince them otherwise. It was about the only specific information they gave in their entire OP, as a matter of fact. So why start a debated about museums?

There are many things you can enjoy in travel without a single museum. What kinds of things do you enjoy at home? Theater, music, film, shopping, crafts, golf, swimming, running, biking, hiking, boating, football, cooking, dancing, almost anything you can do a version of in another culture and you can enjoy both what is similar or what is different.

I would say it all depends on whether you are a traveler or a mere tourist.

hahahahahahaha

Gelato Museum? How did we miss.....HUN!! PACK A BAG! BOOK ANY DIRECT FLIGHT!"

I am done. The milky moustache.

I missed the Museum of Bags and Purses in Amsterdam.
Could go back for that. ;)