HOUSE of ADVENTURE
"FUNFAIR of FEAR" EXHIBITION

Dr. Dee

Dr Dee says : "This evil exhibition actually took you into Creep Street with your host, Dr Dee. And Creep Street was the site of a funfair where the more games you play, the more you learn about your Horribly Historical past! Based on old Deary's "Horrible Histories" books this exhibition toured Britain till 2003."

REVIEWS OF THE EXHIBTION

What the papers say about the Horrible Histories Exhibition "Funfair of Fear"-

An Eye-popping exhibition! - South Wales Echo 14 April 2000

"Visitors to the exhibition will be able to throw beanbag Christians into lions' mouths and hear the sounds of the animals roaring. Bloody-axe beanbags can be hurled at Henry VIII's wives, knocking them over to reveal whether they really did lose their heads to the axe-man. A castle, complete with dungeon, is filled with victims being tortured. It looks stunning. It will win over children who have never been interested in history before."

And now ...

Terry is planning something much more spectacular. A whole world of the past in a multi-million pound "History Experience Park"

 The Terry Deary History Experience Park

Terry says:-

"What I hope to build is a History "Experience" where I recreate authentic villages from various periods - Tudor, Roman, Victorian perhaps - with nothing of the 20th century in them.

"They'll be enclosed in domes like the Eden Project in Cornwall so they'll be all-weather attractions and they will not be museums or theme parks; they will be peopled by actors and the visitors can join in the never-ending re-enactments of the past - with all its horrible history flavour - over there is a pickpocket on trial for stealing ... is he guilty, do we hang him? YOU, the visitor, must decide.

"Over there is Mr Shakespeare rehearsing a play and having trouble with the Puritans ... over here are the preparations for Queen Elizabeth's visit.

"In that house is a craftsman turning wooden bowls, and in that one a woman selling roast thrushes to take away while there is a house being built using genuine tools and skills and over there a Tudor ship. (When the ship is completed it will sail on the river and a new one built - when we have two we'll have a sea battle!)

"And all the time the visitors are encouraged to interact and "experience" a day in the life of the period. The project is backed by a local council in the North of England. The next step is to carry out a feasibility and marketing study. A previous plan (for another region) was very positive and said we could find financial backers to build the £29 million idea. Hope that gives you a flavour of what I'm planning."

Meanwhile exhibitions like the "Horrible Histories - Crime and Punishment Exhibition" at the Royal Armouries in Leeds (July - November 2007) will try some of the concepts on a smaller scale.

And in 2008 the "Imperial War Museum North" in Manchester plan to have a "Woeful First World War" exhibition. Terry is planning both with the museums, the publishers and designers to make sure they are truly horrible!