Horrible Histories® Blitzed Brits exhibition
Imperial War Museums North
Working with Scholastic Children’s Books, publisher of the Horrible Histories®, we developed a highly experiential, engaging and interactive exhibition on the theme of the Second World War Blitz to mark the 75th anniversary. Using the visual style of the Horrible Histories® brand we created a series of three dimensional immersive environments to lead visitors on a journey through the Blitz. The key character of Rattus guides visitors around the exhibition together with his hapless sidekick, Pigeon, revealing some of the terrible truths behind this catastrophic conflict along the way.
Our role included copywriting, exhibition and interactive design to bring to life the story of the Blitz in a truly 3D way. Visitors can enter a 1940s house, race a messenger pigeon, defuse a bomb and evacuate to the country. The exhibition combines personal stories, over 200 objects, photographs, art works, film and sound recordings to reveal how the Blitz brought the war to the doorsteps
of Britain.