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Welcome to Ripley's Believe it or Not! Exhibition plan of 'The Freak Show: After 150 Years'.

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We will plan an exhibition to be held at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! museum in Blackpool, UK celebrating the approach of the 150 year anniversary of the first Barnum and Bailey Circus (1871). We have decided to focus on the idea of freak shows due to the release and success of the 2017 motion picture ‘The Greatest Showman’ which bought the idea of the Victorian freak show back into the twenty first century public perspective. By basing our exhibition within Ripley’s Believe it or Not! museum, we aim to highlight the freak show in the ‘home of the unbelievable’ to connect Victorian values to modern diversity and highlight the changes in social inclusion in today’s society. This would take place next year (2019) and would be aimed at the general public, who seek knowledge and want a fun and immersive day out.

We will demonstrate this on Padlet through a floor plan that will include mock-ups of the information boards that will be displayed within our exhibition. We will also include imagery that would be shown to visitors, immersive and physical activities that are aimed at children to keep them entertained, and photographs of the ‘freaks’ and the environments and spectatorship / audience reactions in order to highlight how they were viewed. There will also be research into the link between Lewis Carroll and P.T. Barnum's famous shows in creating The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. We will also create a leaflet to advertise our exhibition.

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Here you will find the information and research that would be provided within the exhibition.

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Information board for children: 'Through the Looking-Glass' and Barnum & Bailey

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Information board for children: 'Through the Looking-Glass' and Barnum & Bailey

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Alice in Wonderland exhibition board.docx

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Research and critical quotes surrounding the Societal views of 'The Freak Show' 

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Research and critical quotes surrounding the Societal views of 'The Freak Show' 

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General Tom Thumb Information board Research

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General Tom Thumb Information board Research

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The Bearded lady Information board Research

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The Bearded lady Information board Research

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The Four-Legged Girl Information board Research

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The Four-Legged Girl Information board Research

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Posters, information boards and imagery that would be placed within the exhibit.

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An Interactive Timeline exploring P.T. Barnum's life.

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An Interactive Timeline exploring P.T. Barnum's life.

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A fun activity where children can click on pages and buttons and find out fun facts about the journey of P.T. Barnum.
(Click the folder and select DOWNLOAD to view as file is too large to view online.)
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Interactive Powerpoint surrounding the Societal views of Freak Shows during the Victorian Period. 

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Interactive Powerpoint surrounding the Societal views of Freak Shows during the Victorian Period. 

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Take a look through this powerpoint to find out how Freak shows were viewed in the Victorian period as well as how they maintained popularity!
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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum's Museum 

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum's Museum 

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P.T. Barnum's famous top hat that was made a pelted rabbit fur by hat-maker Ezra S. Hamilton.
(Screenshot taken from https://barnum-museum.org/collections/)

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum Museum 

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum Museum 

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General Tom Thumb - the smallest man and one of the first to perform for P.T. Barnum who used his chair for many performances.
(Screenshot taken from https://barnum-museum.org/collections/)

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by the Barnum Museum

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by the Barnum Museum

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A miniature lead statue of Charles S. Stratton (General Tom Thumb) that could be purchased from the shows and displayed within the home.
‘Lead Figure of Charles S. Stratton, 1830’ Barnum Museum <https://barnum-museum.org/collections/> [Accessed 4th May 2018].

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Example of the artefacts - Lent to us by the Barnum Museum

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Example of the artefacts - Lent to us by the Barnum Museum

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Charles S. Stratton's tall boots worn by him during his performances. Meausing just 5.5inches long! These boots were worn by Stratton some time in the mid 1840's-50's at the start of his career.
‘Miniature Boots belonging to Charles S. Stratton, 1860’ Barnum Museum <https://barnum-museum.org/collections/> [Accessed 4th May 2018].

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum Museum

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum Museum

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The 'Swedish Nightingale', Jenny Lind, went on tour with P.T. Barnum who was able to spread her name across the United States of America.
(Screenshot taken from https://barnum-museum.org/collections/)

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum Museum

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Examples of the artefacts - Lent to us by The Barnum Museum

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Souvenir Booklet made to make more profit Barnum's shows. This particular booklet features Jumbo the Elephant, an African Bush mammal born in Sudan.
(Screenshot taken from https://barnum-museum.org/collections/)

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General Tom Thumb Information Board Part II

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General Tom Thumb Information Board Part II

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Process of making the Information Boards on InDesign 

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Process of making the Information Boards on InDesign 

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This section provides information about how the event would be set out and we would make it easy for our audience to navigate.

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Letter to Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum

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Letter to Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum

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Process of making the Leaflet on InDesign

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Process of making the Leaflet on InDesign

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Floor Plan of Ripley's Believe it or Not! Exhibition

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Floor Plan of Ripley's Believe it or Not! Exhibition

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The conclusion of our Victorian Literature Project.

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Group Reflection of the Victorian Group Project 

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Group Reflection of the Victorian Group Project 

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Minutes of Meetings to bring the Group Project together

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Minutes of Meetings to bring the Group Project together

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